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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0 approved · 1,309 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Margaret's Way, St Margaret's Pastures Sports Centre
Received 10 Mar 202318 Kedleston Road
Received 24 Jul 2024263-265 Abbey Lane, Broadway Hotel
Received 14 Nov 202554-56 Kitchener Road
Received 1 Mar 20231A Milford Road
Received 20 Mar 2023Old Church Street, Freemens Holt
Received 7 Aug 202619 Elms Road
Received 16 Dec 202542 Raywell Road
Received 10 Mar 202331 Saxthorpe Road
Received 8 Jul 202417 Glebe Street
Received 25 Jan 2024Thurmaston Lane, New Star Road Industrial Estate
Received 21 May 2026223 London Road, Berkeley Burke House
Received 22 Sept 202212 Turnbury Way
Received 10 Aug 202223 Nursery Road
Received 22 Sept 202232 Ratcliffe Road
Received 24 Oct 2024137 Harrison Road
Received 13 Dec 2022Parks Primary School playing fields
Received 27 Nov 2023Lee Circle, City Industrial Units
Received 31 Jan 202510 Waterside Road
Received 16 Oct 202342 Blackbird Road
Received 9 Jul 2025Newstead Road, adj
Received 18 Jul 20232 Disraeli Street
Received 15 Jan 202413 Colebrook Close
Received 19 Jul 2024102 Essex Road
Received 6 Dec 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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