Planning and Development

This section of the website covers everything you might need relating to planning & conservation matters. Quick Links to areas providing the most frequently requested information are provided below:

Planning Applications - Searching, Monitor Progress or Making a Comment

• Use Planning Explorer if you want to Search for, Monitor Progress or Comment on a Planning Application (click on the Logo)

• Guidance on Using Planning Explorer

• General Planning Information

• Article 4 Direction HMO

• Submitting Planning Applications

• Do You Need to Apply for Planning Permission

• Planning Enforcement

• Planning Appeals

• Advertisements and Signs

• High Hedges

• Building Control - For information about Building Inspectors, Street Naming, Dangerous structures.

• Planning Policy: For information about the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan, Charnwood 2026 Local Development Framework, National, Regional & Local Policies

• Conservation and Design: - For information about Conservation Areas, Listed Buildings, and Urban Design

Further links to all areas covered by this section can be accessed via the navigation on the left of this page.