Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,439 approved · 320 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 4 Stretton View Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QZ
Received 20 Feb 2026Outside The Bungalow Coronation Lane Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QY
Received 20 Feb 2026130 Meadow Lane Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DP
Received 23 Feb 20266 Barn Close Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TP
Received 24 Feb 2026Heath End Farm Callans Lane Heath End Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RJ
Received 24 Feb 202616 Hall Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5FD
Received 24 Feb 20263 Pentland Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BA
Received 24 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Baker Street Coalville Leicestershire
Received 24 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Baker Street Coalville Leicestershire
Received 24 Feb 20261A Smithy Lane Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5BE
Received 25 Feb 202634 Queensway Castle Donington Derby DE74 2XQ
Received 25 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Baker Street Coalville Leicestershire
Received 25 Feb 202658 Tressall Road Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5QD
Received 25 Feb 202696 Station Road Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6JJ
Received 25 Feb 202658 John Cooper Way Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4AQ
Received 26 Feb 20261 Exmoor Close Ellistown Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1FP
Received 26 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Station Road Ibstock
Received 26 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Baker Street Coalville Leicestershire
Received 26 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Baker Street Coalville Leicestershire
Received 26 Feb 20264 Wentworth Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3DJ
Received 26 Feb 2026Telecommunications Base Station Bott Ltd Tournament Way Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire
Received 25 Feb 2026Land Off Standard Hill Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3HJ
Received 27 Feb 2026Land Off Standard Hill Hugglescote Coalville LE67 3HJ
Received 27 Feb 2026Lewis Charlton Learning Centre Abney Hastings South Street Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1BR
Received 27 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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