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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 1,385 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Knighton Road
Received 16 Feb 20265 Tiverton Avenue
Received 31 Aug 202353 Dunholme Road
Received 4 Jun 202586 Aylestone Road
Received 10 Mar 202523 Tower Street
Received 7 Oct 202216 Cairnsford Road
Received 28 Feb 2024446 Welford Road
Received 17 Oct 2024101-107 Ratcliffe Road, former Mary Gee Houses Halls of Residence
Received 25 Jul 2024120 Queens Road, The Old School
Received 31 Oct 202414 Salisbury Road
Received 13 Feb 202532, 34 & 36 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 16 Oct 2023179 Hallam Crescent East
Received 2 Dec 2022Abbey Park Road, Former Advanced Tapes and Bus Depot
Received 31 May 20237 Guilford Road
Received 20 Oct 202545 Roborough Green
Received 1 Aug 202533 Castle Street, Castle Court
Received 24 Oct 202536 Highway Road
Received 6 Dec 2022429 Saffron Lane, former Working Mens Club Part
Received 6 Aug 202470 Sparkenhoe Street
Received 7 Mar 202326 Hattern Avenue
Received 9 Apr 202416 Fountains Avenue
Received 8 Apr 20245 Rushford Close
Received 17 Jul 202321 Marston Road
Received 30 May 20228 Mere Road
Received 15 May 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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