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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 Rugby Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
757 approved · 46 refused · 32 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Aug 2022 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
23-24, MARKET PLACE, Rugby, CV21 3DU
Received 21 Apr 2026Land South of Montague Road, Bilton
Received 3 Nov 20258B, Flat 1, St Matthews Street, Rugby, CV21 3BY
Received 28 Aug 20255, BILTON ROAD, RUGBY, CV22 7AA
Received 5 Sept 2025GROUNDS FARM, WOLSTON LANE, WOLSTON, COVENTRY, CV8 3FQ
Received 22 Jan 2026THE GRANARY, OVERSTONE COURT, OVERSTONE ROAD, WITHYBROOK, COVENTRY, CV7 9LU
Received 30 Jul 2026MANOR COTTAGE, DRAYCOTE ROAD, DRAYCOTE, RUGBY, CV23 9RB
Received 17 Jun 2026398 NEWBOLD ROAD, RUGBY, CV21 1EL
Received 11 May 2026THE OLD FORGE, MAIN STREET, THURLASTON, RUGBY, CV23 9JS
Received 3 Oct 2025CLIFTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, CLIFTON UPON DUNSMORE, RUGBY, CV23 0BT
Received 16 Mar 2026RUGBY GATEWAY, LEICESTER ROAD, RUGBY
Received 29 Oct 202592, Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, CV21 3TF
Received 19 Aug 2026FOSSE COTTAGE FARM, RUGBY ROAD, MONKS KIRBY, RUGBY, CV23 0PL
Received 19 Feb 20267, CHURCH HILL, STRETTON-ON-DUNSMORE, RUGBY, CV23 9NA
Received 5 Dec 2025HIGH MEADOW, KINGS NEWNHAM VIEW, CHURCH LAWFORD, RUGBY, CV23 9FA
Received 14 May 2026LAND NORTH OF COVENTRY ROAD, COVENTRY ROAD, THURLASTON
Received 5 May 20261, Sovereign Close, Rugby, CV21 4BB
Received 19 May 2026MARCH HOUSE, BURNTHURST LANE, PRINCETHORPE, RUGBY, CV23 9QA
Received 8 Jul 2025THE SCHOOL HOUSE, THE SQUARE, DUNCHURCH, RUGBY, CV22 6NU
Received 9 Jul 2026LAWFORD FIELDS FARM, BILTON LANE, LONG LAWFORD, RUGBY, CV23 9DU
Received 14 Jul 202629, Chamberlain Road, Rugby, CV21 4EU
Received 27 Oct 2025SUNNYCREST HOUSE, RUGBY ROAD, PRINCETHORPE, RUGBY, CV23 9PN
Received 29 Sept 2025Calcutt House Farm, Calcutt Lane, Lower Shuckburgh, Daventry, Warwickshire, NN11 6EA
Received 9 Mar 2026Land West Of, Watling Street, Newton, Warwickshire, CV23 0AL
Received 17 Jul 2025Records 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 Rugby 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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