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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0 approved · 1,327 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Nansen Road
Received 22 Apr 2026263 Welford Road
Received 7 May 2024New Walk Museum, 53 New Walk
Received 24 Jul 20268 Sweetbriar Road
Received 30 May 202267 Burnham Drive
Received 20 Oct 2023129 Scraptoft Lane
Received 23 Jun 202610 Woodnewton Drive
Received 17 Feb 2025161 Beaumanor Road
Received 3 Jun 2026116 Granby Street
Received 7 Dec 2022101-105 High Street, The High Cross
Received 27 Jun 2025293 Catherine Street
Received 30 Jun 2023150 Shanklin Drive
Received 31 Mar 202539 Checketts Close
Received 19 May 202311 Nursery Road
Received 21 Aug 202334 Chelwood Lane
Received 15 Jul 202421 Billington Close
Received 9 Jun 2025116 Coleman Road
Received 14 Sept 202274 Mornington Street
Received 18 Jan 2024C E C O S House, 30 Regent Street
Received 21 Nov 2024115 Uppingham Road
Received 22 May 202427 Peacock Lane
Received 20 Sept 2022131 Broad Avenue
Received 30 Jan 202337 Gipsy Road
Received 30 Jul 202663 Britannia Street
Received 17 Nov 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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