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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0 approved · 1,382 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
109 London Road
Received 23 Apr 2026Unit 4, St Georges Retail Park, The Food Warehouse
Received 22 Dec 202515 Balmoral Close
Received 2 Sept 20264 Gatenby Close
Received 10 May 202388 Barnwell Avenue
Received 8 Jul 202529 Bassett Street
Received 15 Jun 2026176-180 Loughborough Road
Received 24 Nov 2023Ingle Street, Inglehurst Infant and Junior School
Received 18 Aug 202221 Ward Close
Received 3 May 202420 Kitchener Road
Received 25 May 20237 Castle Street
Received 9 Sept 20242 Empire Road
Received 1 Sept 2026Church Road, Youth Centre
Received 11 Nov 202532 Lynmouth Road
Received 27 Jan 202660 Lutterworth Road
Received 17 Oct 2024Heacham Drive, Land to South
Received 21 Jul 2026130 Doncaster Road
Received 25 Jan 202336 Selby Avenue
Received 12 Sept 2023126 Evington Road
Received 16 Jun 202537 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 12 Mar 202512 Arlington Close
Received 31 Oct 202232 Fairfax Road
Received 27 Feb 20244 Herongate Road
Received 26 Sept 2025128 Checketts Road
Received 20 Feb 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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