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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0 approved · 1,317 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Biggin Hill Road
Received 20 Jul 2026138 Narborough Road, First Floor Flat
Received 12 Aug 202214 Bartholomew Street
Received 3 May 20246 Tollemache Avenue
Received 3 Apr 202459 Ireton Road
Received 3 Feb 20263-5 Roberts Road/116 Belgrave Road
Received 4 Apr 202219 Braemar Drive
Received 19 Apr 202410 Uppingham Close
Received 6 May 202520a Vulcan Road, Land Adjacent
Received 29 Jan 202514 Brinsmead Road
Received 23 Jun 202517 Colchester Road
Received 13 Nov 2024104 Averil Road
Received 21 Feb 202318 Eastfield Road
Received 5 Aug 2022Princess House, 26 De Montfort Street
Received 29 Jun 2022St Mary's Church Hall, Lidster Close
Received 30 Nov 202247 Bloomfield Road
Received 29 Jan 2025157 Ethel Road
Received 26 Sept 20225 Hollybank Close
Received 21 Jan 202595 Oswin Road, Car Wash
Received 2 Dec 2025145 Spencefield Lane
Received 29 Oct 2025216 Wintersdale Road
Received 27 Jan 2026The Wayne Way, Al-aqsa Schools Trust
Received 23 Feb 202458 Fosse Road South
Received 27 Dec 2022127 Grasmere Street
Received 17 Apr 2024Records 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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