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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0 approved · 1,381 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
377 Aylestone Road
Received 1 Oct 2025169 Trevino Drive
Received 27 Jun 202321 Roslyn Street
Received 17 Oct 202357 Rutland Street, Leicester International Complex
Received 16 Nov 2023Northgate Street, Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside Leicester
Received 5 Oct 202329 Rotherby Avenue
Received 4 Nov 202243 Shirley Avenue
Received 27 Feb 202434 Dean Road
Received 23 Dec 202436 Finsbury Road
Received 18 Apr 2023Melton Road, Land to north of Sainsbury's
Received 7 Oct 2025Heacham Drive, Land to South
Received 21 Jul 2026159B Avenue Road
Received 2 Sept 2024Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital N H S Trust, Herschell Prins Centre
Received 2 Mar 20236 Percival Street
Received 6 Jul 2026134 Evington Road, Shop
Received 19 Jun 2023132 Shanklin Drive
Received 18 Dec 2025Gipsy Lane, Land to rear of Grange Cottage
Received 14 Dec 202221 Jersey Road
Received 14 Jul 20234 Sitwell Walk
Received 1 Sept 2025St John The Baptist C Of E Primary School, East Avenue
Received 15 Dec 202538 Barbara Avenue
Received 7 Oct 202225 Woodbridge Road
Received 14 Mar 202419 Elms Road, land at rear
Received 18 May 2023Keyham Lane West, Orchard Mead Academy
Received 27 Jan 2026Records 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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