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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0 approved · 1,367 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
111 Canon Street
Received 24 Aug 202241 Greenacre Drive
Received 9 Jan 2023117 Coleman Road
Received 23 Sept 2024Spencefield Lane, Krishna Avanti Primary School
Received 22 Jul 202588 Rendell Road
Received 17 Apr 20238 Bowling Green Street
Received 27 Oct 202513 Southernhay Road
Received 21 Dec 2022Storey Street, Unit 3, Northbridge Works
Received 31 Jan 20239 Milnroy Road
Received 14 Jul 202215 St Michaels Avenue
Received 10 Jun 202529 Greenhill Road
Received 23 Jan 2025635 Saffron Lane
Received 19 Feb 2026Carisbrooke Gardens, Leicester Partnership School
Received 13 Feb 202611 Broad Avenue
Received 30 May 2023376 Aylestone Road
Received 28 Feb 2024550 Welford Road
Received 20 Sept 202448B London Road
Received 19 Jan 202416 Stoughton Drive North
Received 30 Jun 20221 Hutton Place
Received 27 Jul 202316 Stoughton Drive North
Received 21 Apr 202358 Highway Road
Received 12 Sept 202240 Tennis Court Drive
Received 10 Nov 2022325 Narborough Road
Received 14 Feb 202413 Winforde Crescent
Received 1 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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