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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0 approved · 1,369 refused · 224 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Horsefair Street
Received 23 Jun 202526 Baldwin Road
Received 15 Aug 202357 Humberstone Gate
Received 21 Feb 202593 Lutterworth Road
Received 25 Jul 20221 Lymington Road
Received 29 May 2025244 London Road, Thorncroft
Received 19 Sept 202398 Gainsborough Road
Received 9 May 202319-23 Burleys Way
Received 26 Aug 2022444 London Road
Received 12 Dec 202323 St Johns Road
Received 1 Nov 202321 Knighton Fields Road East
Received 6 Aug 202423 St Johns Road
Received 8 May 202635 Combe Close
Received 30 May 20238 Newarke Close, Newarke Point
Received 11 Aug 20224 Swallowdale Drive
Received 25 Apr 202331 Weaver Road
Received 8 Jul 202644 Abbey Street, Allied Place
Received 1 Sept 202233 Scott Street
Received 16 Oct 2024198 London Road, The Old Horse
Received 13 Mar 202643 Abbey Street
Received 5 Sept 202243 Linden Street
Received 29 Sept 2026Leicester General Hospital
Received 17 Dec 202516-20 Loseby Lane, O'Neill's
Received 8 Sept 202312 Frog Island, North Bridge Place
Received 24 Oct 2025Records 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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