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.
4,524 approved · 330 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Hill Farm Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2UP
Received 16 Jun 2026Phase 2A Land To The North Of Grange Road Lower Bardon Leicestershire
Received 17 Jun 2026Land Off Hall Gardens Ravenstone Leicestershire
Received 17 Jun 2026Outside N S Engineering Solutions 23-24 Ravenstone Industrial Estate Snibston Drive Coalville Leicestershire
Received 16 Jun 2026Coalville Community Resource Centre Comet Way Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FS
Received 17 Jun 2026Homestead Lower Brand Griffydam Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HE
Received 17 Jun 2026The Warren 6 Chapel Lane Osgathorpe Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9SX
Received 18 Jun 2026Oaklands Farm And Park Farm South Derbyshire
Received 18 Jun 2026Land Off Station Road Hemington DE74 2RD
Received 16 Jun 2026Church Farm Church Street Swepstone Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2SA
Received 18 Jun 202619 Meadow Lane Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4DN
Received 18 Jun 2026Howard Tenens Building Dents Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1JS
Received 19 Jun 2026Plastic Omnium Huntingdon Way Measham Swadlincote Leicestershire DE12 7DS
Received 19 Jun 2026Parcel B2 (Sv2) Beveridge Lane Coalville
Received 19 Jun 2026Land West Of Regs Way Bardon Leicestershire
Received 19 Jun 2026FO21 Lockington Hall Main Street Lockington Derby DE74 2RH
Received 19 Jun 2026Stonehouse Farm Ashby Road Woodville Swadlincote DE11 7BP
Received 17 Jun 202691 High Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7HZ
Received 19 Jun 2026Land At 61 Church Lane Ravenstone Leicestershire
Received 18 Jun 2026Ashby Road Newbold
Received 19 Jun 2026Land Adjacent 128A Greenhill Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4RJ
Received 17 Jun 2026Near 10 Mill Bank Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1HQ
Received 22 Jun 2026Chapel Warehouse Dovecote Castle Donington
Received 22 Jun 2026Outside And Near 10 Mill Bank Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1HQ
Received 22 Jun 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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