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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0 approved · 1,392 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Fosse Road South, The Merry Monarch
Received 1 Jun 2026Keyham Lane, Keyham Lodge School
Received 5 Feb 2025190 Kitchener Road
Received 7 Sept 20234 Fermain Close
Received 20 May 2026The Newry, Newry Specialist Learning Centre and Southfield Infant School, Southfields Drive
Received 6 May 2022104a Bridge Road
Received 7 May 202538 St James Road, Rear of
Received 11 Dec 202480-84 High Street
Received 7 Jun 202213-17 and 21-25 Abingdon Road
Received 13 Sept 202434 Milford Road
Received 20 Jan 202512 Lydford Road
Received 17 Feb 2025Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Grace Road (site adjacent to Milligan Road)
Received 16 Nov 2022250 Uppingham Road
Received 8 Aug 20227 Gladstone Street
Received 14 Jun 202429 Beckett Road
Received 21 Mar 202331 Charter Street, Leicester Community Sports Arena
Received 16 Sept 202225 Linden Drive
Received 28 Oct 202548 Latimer Street
Received 18 Jul 20225 Danbury Place
Received 8 Dec 202570 Willow Brook Road
Received 9 Feb 2024Land To The East And South West Of Whittington Lane Grendon
Received 9 Jul 2026Progress Way, Land at
Received 15 Aug 20239 Farnworth Close
Received 31 Dec 20247 Silver Walk
Received 15 Jul 2024Records 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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