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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.
1 approved · 1,494 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bath Lane, Westbridge Wharf
Received 19 Mar 20253 De Montfort Street
Received 6 Feb 202516 Parvian Road
Received 12 Sept 202225 Chatteris Avenue
Received 21 Nov 2022103 & 105 Knighton Church Road
Received 9 Jun 2026470 Groby Road
Received 11 Aug 20234 Elmsleigh Avenue
Received 1 Jul 202287 Kincaple Road
Received 12 Oct 202269 Gipsy Road
Received 3 Jun 2026189 Wicklow Drive
Received 26 Sept 20233 Blacksmith Place
Received 4 Dec 2023157 Victoria Road East
Received 13 Sept 2024Land Between 91a And 91b Ainsdale Road
Received 2 Mar 2026164 Wicklow Drive
Received 24 Aug 2022Land North of the A46, to the South of Thurcaston, Leicester
Received 3 Sept 2026205A Narborough Road
Received 4 Apr 2024Land South of 155 Humberstone Drive
Received 26 Jan 20244 Monterey Court
Received 7 May 20255 Westcotes Drive
Received 10 Mar 202518 Central Avenue
Received 25 Oct 2024Flat 2 48a Mount Road
Received 22 Sept 2026Portland Towers, Portland Cottage
Received 7 Feb 2022Granville Road, Victoria Park Memorial Grounds
Received 23 Oct 202238 Tennis Court Drive
Received 1 Sept 2022Records 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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