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 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,110 approved · 1,042 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 2008 to 23 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Grange Farm Public House Florence Wragg Way Oadby Leicestershire LE2 4QZ
Received 20 May 2013HM Young Offenders Institute Glen Parva Tigers Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4TN
Received 17 May 201374 Moat Street Wigston Leicestershire LE18 2GD
Received 20 May 201331 The Yews Oadby Leicestershire LE2 5EF
Received 20 May 20135 Repton Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1GA
Received 20 May 201321 Wards Closes Wigston Leicestershire LE18 3TS
Received 20 May 2013216 Leicester Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1DS
Received 21 May 20132 Oadby Hill Drive Oadby Leicestershire LE2 5GF
Received 21 May 201326 Davenport Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 2HF
Received 21 May 201340 Guilford Drive Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1HF
Received 22 May 201313 Southmeads Road Oadby Leicestershire LE2 2LS
Received 22 May 2013113 Saffron Road, 3 & 4 Moores Close Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4UQ
Received 22 May 20139 Sandy Rise Wigston Leicestershire LE18 3QB
Received 22 May 2013Brocks Hill Visitor Centre And Country Park Washbrook Lane Oadby Leicestershire LE2 5JJ
Received 22 May 201321 Wigston Road Oadby Leicester Leicestershire LE2 5QF
Received 23 May 2013271 Leicester Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1JW
Received 23 May 2013110 Gloucester Crescent Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4YG
Received 23 May 20131 South Avenue Wigston Leicestershire LE18 2ES
Received 24 May 20133 Victoria Street Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1AJ
Received 24 May 20135 Victoria Street Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1AJ
Received 24 May 201322 Leicester Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1DR
Received 28 May 20131 Helston Close Wigston Leicestershire LE18 2JH
Received 28 May 201325 Mere Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 3RJ
Received 28 May 2013Tesco Stores Ltd Blaby Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4SG
Received 31 May 2013Records 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 Oadby and Wigston Borough 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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