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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 Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 1,275 refused · 205 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Hawthorne Street
Received 1 Oct 2024463 Uppingham Road
Received 13 Feb 20232 Holmfield Avenue
Received 26 Mar 202411 Silverwood Close
Received 31 Mar 202328 Lancaster Road
Received 3 Apr 202434 Conaglen Road
Received 13 Nov 202515 Knighton Drive
Received 16 Oct 202431-35 Albion Street, former Black Boy public house
Received 3 Apr 2024166-168 Belgrave Road
Received 30 Jan 2025227 Uppingham Road
Received 27 Jan 20253 Romway Avenue
Received 18 Sept 202540 Barbara Avenue
Received 27 Nov 202427 Sedgebrook Road
Received 5 Aug 2024192 Uppingham Road
Received 5 Jan 202416 Lutterworth Road
Received 14 Jul 202539 Welland Vale Road
Received 2 Sept 20251 Baxters Close
Received 4 Sept 202474 and 76 Melton Road
Received 26 Mar 202521 Jersey Road
Received 23 Jun 20236 Gayton Avenue
Received 13 Mar 2024454 London Road, Leicester High School For Girls
Received 21 Jun 2024Bosworth House, 9-15 Princess Road West
Received 7 Apr 2026Hamilton Local Centre Car Park, Sandhills Avenue
Received 25 Oct 20221 Garrick Walk, Haymarket Theatre
Received 20 Jun 2024Records 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 Leicester City 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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