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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1 approved · 1,494 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Aylestone Road, Ground Floor
Received 8 Sept 202520 The Portwey
Received 21 Feb 20229 Frewin Street, Layton House (land adj)
Received 11 Jan 202211 Mcvicker Close
Received 6 Feb 202393 Broad Avenue
Received 8 Feb 2024510 London Road
Received 1 Aug 202471-73 Scraptoft Lane, Tayabi Manzil
Received 14 Mar 20237 Farley Road
Received 19 Mar 202684-86 Granby Street
Received 12 Jan 20237 Westhill Road
Received 1 Jul 202210 Heddington Way
Received 22 May 2023266 London Road, University of Leicester, Brookfield Campus
Received 8 Apr 20247 Lindrick Drive
Received 18 Feb 2022Meadows Way, land off
Received 26 Nov 20241 Cross Street
Received 3 Feb 202520 The Portwey
Received 25 Oct 2022129 St Saviours Road
Received 14 Nov 202273 Granby Street, Ramada Jarvis
Received 13 Feb 20257-11 Yeoman Street, The Hub
Received 14 Oct 202226 Baldwin Road
Received 9 Dec 2022238 Fosse Road South
Received 9 Jul 2026426 St Saviours Road
Received 16 Jun 2022155 Upper New Walk, Park House
Received 17 Jan 20248 Toller Road
Received 7 Aug 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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