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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0 approved · 1,335 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Bowling Green Street
Received 11 Jul 2022488 Groby Road
Received 6 May 202542 Mountcastle Road
Received 30 Dec 2022165 Stonesby Avenue
Received 20 Mar 202328 Aldfield Green
Received 10 Jan 2024120 Spencefield Lane
Received 15 Aug 202258-62 Humberstone Gate
Received 15 Jan 2024129 Vernon Road
Received 10 Sept 2024Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital
Received 1 Dec 202532 Coles Close, Land Adj
Received 22 Mar 202460 Clarendon Park Road
Received 14 Jan 20268 Bowling Green Street
Received 12 Feb 202573 Henton Road
Received 19 Jan 2026266 London Road, Brookfield
Received 4 Sept 2025446 Welford Road
Received 22 Jan 20258 Highwood Drive
Received 23 Dec 202463 Barbara Avenue
Received 7 Dec 20235 Harold Street
Received 22 Nov 20243 Essex Road
Received 26 Apr 20246 Mostyn Street, The Help Foundation
Received 11 Dec 202426 Eastwood Road
Received 9 Feb 20267-9 Charnwood Walk
Received 24 Jul 2025113-117 London Road
Received 6 Aug 202419 De Montfort Street
Received 5 Jun 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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