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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0 approved · 1,343 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Colchester Road
Received 13 May 2025113-117 London Road
Received 9 Jul 202666 Church Gate
Received 20 Feb 2023384 Uppingham Road
Received 21 Mar 20232 Broadway Road
Received 3 May 202414 Woodland Avenue
Received 12 Aug 202662 Swithland Avenue
Received 1 Nov 202214 Vicarage Lane, Humberstone
Received 2 Mar 2026Parks Primary School playing fields
Received 17 Jun 20241 St Philips Road, St Philips Court
Received 18 Oct 202217 Hobson Road
Received 4 Nov 202426 Kingsley Street
Received 3 Aug 2026Pavement at Vaughan Way, west of 7 Highcross Lane
Received 18 Aug 2026128 Regent Road
Received 11 Sept 2024145 Evington Lane
Received 23 May 202312 The Greenway
Received 28 Jul 202329 Silbury Road
Received 22 Aug 202445 Elms Road
Received 21 Apr 202619 Saxthorpe Road
Received 10 Jul 2023119 Shanklin Drive
Received 3 Aug 202214 Salisbury Road
Received 5 Feb 20256 Lanesborough Road
Received 10 Apr 2024Melton Road, Land to the North of Sainsbury's
Received 5 Jun 202317 Westcotes Drive
Received 12 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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