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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1 approved · 1,498 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Ashleigh Road
Received 28 May 20241 International School, Ground Floor Day Nursery, Wood Hill
Received 25 Jul 20236-8 Market Street
Received 11 Dec 202364 Gartree Road
Received 1 Jul 2022102 Regent Road
Received 18 Aug 202614 Beverley Avenue
Received 4 Mar 20225 Verdale Avenue
Received 23 Sept 202439 Lower Keyham Lane
Received 23 Sept 202618 Herthull Road
Received 29 Nov 20239 Westgate
Received 17 Apr 20238 Houghton Street
Received 4 Aug 2026Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - New Bond Street Entrance
Received 19 Jun 202513 Bodnant Avenue
Received 14 May 202524 Roseway
Received 31 Jul 202529 Morland Avenue
Received 13 Apr 202611 Guilford Road
Received 29 Sept 2025Eastcourt Road, Overdale Infant And Junior Schools
Received 24 Mar 202322 Welland Vale Road
Received 22 Apr 20261-9 Pocklingtons Walk; 1-7 Chancery Street; 8-14 Rupert Street
Received 1 Mar 2022Eastcourt Road, Overdale Infant and Junior Schools
Received 7 Mar 2024188 Belgrave Road
Received 15 Mar 2024420 London Road, Hendon Grange
Received 29 Jul 202424 Stoneygate Road, Stoughton Court
Received 23 Jun 202569 Lytton Road
Received 4 Aug 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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