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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0 approved · 1,393 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Market Street, Land Outside
Received 7 Aug 2026100A Ross Walk, BUSM Business Park
Received 2 Jun 20231 Delaware Road
Received 21 May 202472 Alma Street
Received 6 May 2022195 Ocean Road
Received 16 Jun 202393 Nansen Road
Received 21 May 202459 Ring Road
Received 13 Jun 2022109 Cottesmore Road
Received 13 Oct 2023263 Uppingham Road
Received 14 Oct 202457A Braunstone Gate
Received 15 May 202366 Romway Road
Received 5 Sept 2025Armadale Drive, Al-Ma'rifah Academy
Received 21 Feb 2023Blackberry Street, Land off
Received 19 Nov 202520 Farringdon Street
Received 24 Jun 2026104 Green Lane Road
Received 2 Dec 202431 Knighton Road, The Woodlands
Received 7 Jul 20238 Oswin Road
Received 22 Aug 20229 Uppingham Close
Received 16 Jun 2022182 Wintersdale Road
Received 29 Jan 20242 Burlington Road
Received 3 Feb 202522 Swallowdale Drive
Received 11 Jul 202225 Glendon Street
Received 9 Jan 2026Abbey Park Road, Land to North
Received 24 Jun 20259 Lutterworth Road
Received 9 Jun 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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