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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 1,359 refused · 220 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Sandringham Avenue
Received 26 Aug 2025139 Knighton Lane East
Received 12 Oct 202213A Stoneygate Avenue
Received 3 Nov 202222 Chapel Lane
Received 20 Feb 20234 Peake Road
Received 2 Sept 202240 Brookfield Rise
Received 2 Aug 20232A New Walk
Received 11 Jul 20251-26 Muston Gardens
Received 30 Jun 2025253 Scraptoft Lane
Received 17 Sept 202593 Marsden Lane
Received 26 Sept 2025158 Evington Road
Received 3 Mar 202555 Moores Road
Received 3 Jun 2026Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - High Street Entrance
Received 19 Jun 2025Filbert Street, Former Leicester City Football Club Ground
Received 30 Oct 2023Stoneleigh Manor, 30 Stoneygate Road
Received 11 Oct 202265A Nursery Road
Received 17 Dec 2025386 Hinckley Road
Received 12 Jun 202626 De Montfort Street, Princess House
Received 4 Aug 202540 Silverstone Drive
Received 24 Jun 20263 Staverton Close
Received 21 May 2026230 Avenue Road Extension
Received 16 Mar 202341 Orton Road
Received 9 Feb 202645 Sybil Road
Received 5 Jul 2024120-124 Fosse Road North
Received 23 Aug 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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