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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 1,281 refused · 205 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Elsadene Avenue
Received 9 Oct 2024Victoria Park Road, Victoria Park
Received 10 Oct 2023185 Aylestone Road, Annexe at Robinson House (Part of the Gas Site on Aylestone Road)
Received 24 Jul 202329 Nottingham Road
Received 12 Feb 2026168 Northdene Road
Received 8 Dec 202522-24 Site Of, Fosse Road Central
Received 21 Aug 202570 Boston Road
Received 27 Oct 2025315 Milligan Road
Received 23 Jan 20253 Linden Drive
Received 28 Oct 2022Aylestone Road, Gas Site
Received 30 Aug 202432C Beatrice Road
Received 4 Dec 2024124C Green Lane Road
Received 14 Jan 202583 Rotherby Avenue
Received 12 May 202349 Downing Drive
Received 27 Sept 202311 Kings Newton Street
Received 28 Mar 202321 The Approach
Received 20 Dec 20223 Scraptoft Lane
Received 9 May 202347 Tetuan Road
Received 21 Feb 202457 Crown Hills Avenue
Received 5 Jun 202398 Constance Road
Received 6 Feb 202442 Glebelands Road
Received 29 Apr 202539 Yorkshire Road
Received 20 Jun 20226-8 St Martins & 17 New Street
Received 10 Mar 202522-24 Site Of Fosse Road Central
Received 21 Oct 2025Records 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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