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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.
4,439 approved · 320 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Outside 17 Ramscliff Avenue Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QA
Received 13 Feb 202616 Tudor Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1TZ
Received 16 Feb 202616 Ashby Road Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1TD
Received 17 Feb 2026220 Highfield Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3BP
Received 16 Feb 202635/37 The Green Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DA
Received 17 Feb 2026Sir John Moore C Of E School Top Street Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AH
Received 17 Feb 2026Telecommunications Mast Broomleys Cricket Club Blackwood Coalville Leicestershire
Received 18 Feb 2026Ashby School Leicester Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DH
Received 18 Feb 2026Greenfields Berry Hill Lane Donington Le Heath Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2FB
Received 18 Feb 2026Lansdowne House Donington Hall Park Lane Castle Donington Derby DE74 2SG
Received 18 Feb 202612 Main Street Ravenstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2AS
Received 18 Feb 2026Former Heather Brickworks Newton Road Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2RD
Received 18 Feb 202625 Berry Avenue Breedon On The Hill Derby DE73 8AL
Received 18 Feb 2026Land At Sawley Interchange Adjacent To Aldi Distribution Centre Tamworth Road
Received 19 Feb 202629 Oakland Drive Moira Swadlincote DE12 6AD
Received 19 Feb 20266 Glade Close Appleby Magna Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7DL
Received 19 Feb 202611 Parkdale Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6JW
Received 19 Feb 2026The Old Bus Depot Ashby Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3LF
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Off Clay Lane Coleorton Leicestershire
Received 20 Feb 202626 Black Horse Hill Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AQ
Received 20 Feb 2026Land To The Rear Of Jackson Street And Wentworth Road Coalville Leicestershire
Received 20 Feb 20265 Woodhouse Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4SX
Received 21 Feb 202653 Tamworth Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PX
Received 21 Feb 202613 Dragwell Kegworth Derby DE74 2EL
Received 23 Feb 2026Records 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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