Understanding planning · 13 min read
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0 approved · 1,388 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Burfield Street
Received 27 Jun 20243 Luther Street
Received 12 Nov 2024190 Kimberley Road
Received 19 Dec 202522 Newhaven Road
Received 22 Jul 202522-24 Castle Street, Castle House
Received 28 Sept 2022111 Avebury Avenue
Received 13 Dec 202232A & 32B Conaglen Road
Received 23 Aug 202211 Abbotsford Road
Received 5 Sept 202258 Stokes Drive
Received 14 Feb 2023182 Scraptoft Lane, Abbots Dene
Received 13 Mar 20231 Duke Street, Marlborough Place
Received 3 Oct 202355 Stanley Drive
Received 13 Jul 2022426 Uppingham Road
Received 16 May 202266 Romway Road
Received 28 Mar 2025266 London Road, Brookfield, Brookfield House
Received 19 Oct 202314 Chapel Lane
Received 24 Apr 202583 Wicklow Drive
Received 12 Apr 2023551 Aylestone Road
Received 9 Jan 202518 Freemens Holt
Received 15 Sept 202560 Stretton Road
Received 23 Feb 2026550 Welford Road
Received 2 Jun 202540 Queniborough Road
Received 23 Oct 202320 Monsell Drive
Received 5 May 202629 Anstey Lane
Received 25 Apr 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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