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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North West Leicestershire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,396 approved · 315 refused · 252 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Netherfields Lane Sawley
Received 19 Sept 20254A Dragwell Kegworth Derby DE74 2EL
Received 19 Sept 2025Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council Planning Neighbour Consultations North West Leicestershire
Received 9 Sept 202542A High Street Kegworth Derby DE74 2DA
Received 19 Sept 20254 Hill Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2LS
Received 19 Sept 2025Land Off Hepworth Road Woodville DE11 7DW
Received 19 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 19 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 19 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 19 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 19 Sept 20257 Church Close Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8AT
Received 20 Sept 202544 Kilwardby Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FQ
Received 20 Sept 202538 Chapel Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7JD
Received 20 Sept 2025The Old Barn Chapel Lane Osgathorpe Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9SX
Received 20 Sept 2025Meadow View Barn Norris Hill Farm Blackfordby Lane Moira Swadlincote Derby DE12 6EZ
Received 21 Sept 20252 Main Street Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DG
Received 22 Sept 2025Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 22 Sept 2025121 Burton Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2LH
Received 22 Sept 2025Outside 2 Shelley Close Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7EZ
Received 9 Sept 2025Outside 12A Fenton Crescent Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7EU
Received 9 Sept 2025Opposite 5 Lower Church Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1AB
Received 15 Sept 2025Outside 4 Shirley Close Castle Donington Derby DE74 2XB
Received 16 Sept 2025Land North Of Standard Hill Standard Hill Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3HJ
Received 22 Sept 2025Outside 2 Burns Close Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7EY
Received 16 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North West Leicestershire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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