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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.
4,545 approved · 332 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prospect House 12 Chapel Street Oakthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7QT
Received 12 Jul 2026Land To The Rear Of Coopers Close DE12 8AJ
Received 13 Jul 20262A Main Street Hemington Derby DE74 2RB
Received 14 Jul 2026Churchyard At Holy Rood Church Vicarage Lane Packington Ashby De La Zouch LE65 1UZ
Received 9 Jul 2026Windrush 3 Hall Gardens Hemington Derby Leicestershire DE74 2RU
Received 14 Jul 202653 Hilary Crescent Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5PN
Received 14 Jul 2026Pear Tree Cottage 1 The Green Diseworth DE74 2QN
Received 15 Jul 2026Land Off Tugbys Lane Peggs Green Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8AG
Received 15 Jul 2026Outside 1 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7BG
Received 9 Jul 2026Land At Drum And Monkey Lane Packington Leicestershire
Received 16 Jul 2026Outside 5 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7BG
Received 9 Jul 2026Outside 33 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AE
Received 9 Jul 2026Outside 28 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AE
Received 9 Jul 2026Outside 21 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AE
Received 9 Jul 2026Outside 41 St Michaels Drive Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7BG
Received 9 Jul 2026Land West Of Ashby Place Ashby De La Zouch
Received 17 Jul 20262 Castle Street Whitwick Coalville Leicestershire LE67 5AG
Received 17 Jul 2026Land To The North Of The Barroon Castle Donington DE74 2PF
Received 17 Jul 2026Land To West Of 3 Timson Close Whitwick Leicestershire LE67 5FP
Received 13 Jul 202660 Moor Lane Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8FQ
Received 19 Jul 202641 Jacques Street Ibstock Coalville Leicestershire LE67 6NJ
Received 16 Jul 202693 Butt Lane Blackfordby Swadlincote Derby DE11 8BH
Received 20 Jul 20265 Church Lane Lockington Derby Leicestershire DE74 2TF
Received 20 Jul 202653 Tamworth Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PX
Received 21 Jul 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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