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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0 approved · 1,369 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
289 London Road
Received 1 May 202446 Farringdon Street
Received 28 Aug 202452 Holmfield Road
Received 22 Oct 202547 Wharf Street South
Received 31 Mar 20269 Welford Court
Received 27 Mar 202434 Clarefield Road
Received 19 Dec 202413 Erith Road
Received 23 May 202312 Dunton Street
Received 3 Jun 202616 East Park Road
Received 23 Jan 2024510 Melton Road
Received 8 Apr 202523 Rotherby Avenue
Received 12 Dec 2023368 London Road, Gables Hotel
Received 15 Apr 2026546 Aylestone Road
Received 19 Jan 202347-55 Northgate Street
Received 13 Sept 202229 Ivychurch Crescent
Received 4 Dec 202316 Bathurst Road
Received 25 Jun 202420 Grenfell Road
Received 2 Nov 202349 Parkstone Road
Received 2 Sept 20267 Peacock Lane, St Martins House, Car Park
Received 1 Jun 202268 Queens Road
Received 10 Jul 202310 Braybrooke Road
Received 17 Sept 2024107 Earl Howe Street
Received 3 Jul 202468 Hobson Road
Received 23 Dec 202596 Jarrom Street
Received 27 Nov 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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