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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.
0 approved · 1,306 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Lancashire Street
Received 18 Sept 202319-21 Pen Close, land at rear of
Received 2 Oct 202330 Sidney Road (NOTE THIS IS LAND AFTER 28 SIDNEY ROAD)
Received 19 Jun 202326 Canterbury Terrace
Received 5 Aug 202423 Petworth Drive
Received 22 Sept 202310 Great Meadow Road
Received 21 Jan 202511 Welford Court
Received 14 Apr 202234-36 Church Gate
Received 10 Aug 202310 Withcote Avenue
Received 7 Jan 202616 Bayberry Gardens
Received 27 Feb 20235 Gallowtree Gate
Received 30 Nov 2023Morrisons Supermarket, 9 Counting House Road
Received 22 Sept 2026Electricity Sub Station near 425 Goodwood Road
Received 30 Jul 2025117 Coleman Road
Received 2 Apr 202473-91 Woodgreen Road, Land at rear of
Received 14 Mar 202315 Main Street Humberstone
Received 6 Jun 202325 Oliver Road
Received 22 Jul 2024Hollybank Court, 193 London Road
Received 11 Aug 202288 Heacham Drive
Received 11 Dec 2024Land East of Ivychurch Crescent
Received 16 Sept 202239 Cordery Road
Received 6 Mar 20243 Carisbrooke Road
Received 5 Aug 2026378 Thurmaston Boulevard
Received 7 Nov 2025Cordelia Close, Arnold Lodge
Received 28 Jun 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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