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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0 approved · 1,364 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Purley Road
Received 2 Jun 202350 Rosedale Avenue
Received 29 Jul 202528 Derwent Street
Received 5 Jun 202640 Ring Road
Received 25 Mar 202477 Rowsley Street
Received 3 Sept 202418 Northumberland Avenue
Received 7 Apr 2025474 London Road, Land at Rear
Received 4 Nov 202453 Church Gate
Received 30 Sept 202422-24 M Umar House, Russell Square
Received 23 May 2023142 Duncan Road
Received 1 Feb 202316 Rendell Road, Sri Vedmata Gayatri Pariwar
Received 27 Oct 20254 Granby Place
Received 27 Mar 2025York Street Apartments 44 York Street
Received 23 Sept 20251 Tatton Close
Received 1 Aug 20226 Ashcott Avenue
Received 27 Apr 202639 Galleywood Drive
Received 7 Jan 2026124 Stephenson Drive
Received 17 May 202313 Bath Street
Received 24 Apr 2025123 Abbey Lane
Received 5 Feb 2026135-137 Queens Road
Received 22 Feb 20234 Burnaston Road
Received 9 Dec 202585 Jacklin Drive
Received 26 Sept 202225 Birsmore Avenue
Received 18 Mar 202619 Belgrave Avenue
Received 27 Jun 2022Records 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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