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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0 approved · 1,365 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land between nos.49 and 51 Nursery Road
Received 10 Sept 2024126 Ainsdale Road
Received 24 Sept 2025Castle Hall, Castle View
Received 8 Aug 202259 Friar Lane and land adjacent
Received 12 Oct 2022153 Narborough Road, Service Station
Received 12 Dec 20255 Yeoman Street, The Shed
Received 8 Sept 202559 Kitchener Road
Received 9 Mar 202362 Knighton Drive
Received 8 Sept 202380 Wharf Street South
Received 13 Feb 202480 Ocean Road
Received 30 Aug 202235 Holmfield Road
Received 13 Sept 202215 Halford Street
Received 23 Jun 202358 Stoneygate Road
Received 3 Sept 2025117 Aylestone Drive
Received 23 Dec 202441 Radstone Walk
Received 13 Jan 2023546 Aylestone Road
Received 7 Mar 2024Site of former Goscote House, 40 Sparkenhoe Street
Received 15 Oct 202488-92 Belgrave Road
Received 15 Nov 20231 Monsell Drive, Lady Jane Court Care Home
Received 10 Aug 202220 Kingfisher Avenue, Preston Lodge
Received 15 Apr 2026Lower Willow Street, Leicester College Abbey Park Campus Annexe
Received 7 Feb 2023180 Uppingham Road
Received 5 Sept 2024Lee Circle, Fleet House
Received 13 Mar 2023Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital
Received 25 May 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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