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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.
4,494 approved · 328 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Willesley Park Golf Club Measham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PF
Received 8 May 2026Chapel Warehouse Dovecote Castle Donington
Received 11 May 2026Top Merrill Grange Mill Lane Belton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9UJ
Received 10 May 202665A Church Lane Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5DN
Received 11 May 2026Castle Rock High School Meadow Lane Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4BR
Received 11 May 202620 Market Place Kegworth Derby Leicestershire DE74 2EE
Received 11 May 2026Opposite 17-23 Main Street Swepstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SG
Received 11 May 202660 Bardon Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4BH
Received 6 Mar 2026Measham Sewage Treatment Works (STW) Measham Leicestershire DE12 8AH
Received 11 May 202612 Shackland Drive Measham Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7LD
Received 12 May 202651 Bondgate Castle Donington Derby DE74 2NR
Received 12 May 2026Mayfield 8 Willesley Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2QB
Received 12 May 202636 Highfields Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FN
Received 12 May 20263 Brookside Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1JW
Received 13 May 2026Land Off Grange Road Hugglescote Leicestershire
Received 13 May 202616 High Street Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1WH
Received 13 May 202676 Ashby Road Kegworth Derby DE74 2DJ
Received 13 May 2026Play Area Henry Dane Way Newbold Leicestershire
Received 14 May 2026Volvo Truck And Bus Company EA Interlink Way East Bardon Coalville Leicestershire LE67 1LG
Received 14 May 2026Measham Lodge Business Park Gallows Lane Measham
Received 15 May 2026Holly Barn Rectory Lane Stretton En Le Field Swadlincote Derby DE12 8AF
Received 15 May 2026Long Close House Chapel Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7JD
Received 15 May 2026Opposite 7 Ravenstone Road Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2QJ
Received 15 May 2026Land To The West Of Hathern Road Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9RP
Received 18 May 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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