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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1 approved · 1,497 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Springfield Road
Received 29 May 2024170 Knighton Church Road
Received 14 Dec 20228 Thoresby Street
Received 9 Feb 202361 Great Central Street, Global House
Received 7 Jun 2023106 Kedleston Road
Received 16 Aug 202250 Browning Street
Received 21 Oct 2024Netherhall Road, Netherhall School
Received 9 Jan 202426 Knighton Drive
Received 15 Oct 20256 Salisbury Road
Received 22 Sept 202240 Tavistock Drive
Received 24 Jun 202431 Cooper Close
Received 28 Jun 20222 Hemington Road
Received 15 May 2024181B Humberstone Road, Land at Albert Buildings
Received 27 Jul 2026211 Scraptoft Lane
Received 13 Nov 202444 Ratcliffe Road
Received 29 May 2025130 London Road
Received 24 Feb 2022Jubilee Square
Received 26 Aug 202612 Ring Road
Received 26 Oct 202228 Bloomfield Road
Received 21 Mar 202320 Harrow Place
Received 29 Apr 2022739 Welford Road
Received 7 May 202481 Stretton Road
Received 3 Aug 202648 Abbots Road North
Received 16 May 202413 Winton Avenue
Received 30 Sept 2026Records 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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