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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0 approved · 1,314 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ulverscroft Road, Catherine Infant School
Received 4 Jun 2024Melton Road , Land North of Sainsburys
Received 5 Jun 202423 Rawson Street
Received 20 Dec 202359 Colchester Road
Received 12 Jan 202355 Welford Road, Former James House
Received 13 Mar 20261 Westbridge Close, Westbridge Place
Received 12 May 202513 Glencoe Avenue
Received 30 Jun 202316 Meredith Road
Received 27 Jun 20251 Duke Street, Marlborough Place
Received 16 Jul 202631 Wheatley Road
Received 16 Jan 202318 Broad Avenue
Received 2 Apr 20266 Deancourt Road
Received 20 Sept 202482-82a London Road, Office 5
Received 19 Mar 2024Melton Road, Land to the north of Sainsbury's
Received 15 Jun 202322 Combe Close
Received 11 Jan 202413 St Bernards Avenue
Received 20 Nov 202316 Sandown Road, Flat 1
Received 15 Aug 202241 Greenacre Drive
Received 17 Jul 202358 Regent Road (rear of) and 23 Rawson Street
Received 8 May 202455 Asquith Boulevard
Received 20 Jul 202351 Sandringham Avenue
Received 11 Feb 202573 Granby Street, Ramada Jarvis
Received 16 Sept 202551 Parkstone Road
Received 3 Nov 202515 Halford Street
Received 10 Mar 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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