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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0 approved · 1,488 refused · 244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
147 Ratcliffe Road, Manor Croft
Received 9 Nov 2023319 Green Lane Road
Received 11 Feb 2025105 London Road
Received 21 Jun 2024432 Uppingham Road
Received 28 Jun 20241 Ireton Road
Received 16 Feb 202442 Ellis Avenue
Received 23 Feb 2024Canning Place, Leeson Building
Received 12 Dec 2022Land West of Lubbesthorpe, Beggars Lane, Desford Road, Lubbesthorpe, Leicestershire
Received 26 Feb 202547 Bloomfield Road
Received 17 Sept 20243 Turner Street
Received 25 Mar 2022Maidstone Road, Car Park for St Peters Health Centre
Received 27 Jun 202257 The Portwey
Received 8 Mar 2024169 Prestwold Road
Received 26 Oct 20236 Heathley Park Drive, Rowlinson Court, Flat 1
Received 18 Sept 202536 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 11 Nov 202473 Stafford Street
Received 10 Jul 202470 Kestrel Lane
Received 16 May 2023203 Gwendolen Road
Received 28 Mar 2022146 Upper New Walk
Received 15 Dec 202265 Hinckley Road
Received 12 Feb 20252 Portland Towers
Received 25 Apr 20231 Causeway Lane, Saxon House
Received 26 Jan 202317 Somers Road
Received 1 Dec 2023107-109 Lancaster Street
Received 19 Apr 2023Records 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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