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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0 approved · 1,393 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bosworth House, 9-15 Princess Road West
Received 9 Mar 202622 Morland Avenue
Received 15 Aug 2025Lancaster Place, Leicester Fire And Rescue Station
Received 24 Mar 202347 Twycross Street
Received 17 Aug 2026322 Welford Road
Received 13 Dec 20246 College Street, Leicester, LE2 0JH
Received 10 Jan 202531 Waterloo Way, Arnhem House
Received 8 Jan 20251 Highway Road
Received 20 Jan 202519 Central Avenue
Received 3 Feb 20252 Kinross Avenue
Received 25 Mar 2025Land to rear of 43-47 Lutterworth Road
Received 24 Jan 202386-88 Narborough Road
Received 23 Jul 202427 Braunstone Avenue
Received 30 May 2024103 Asquith Boulevard
Received 24 Jul 2026Leicester Royal Infirmary, Balmoral Building
Received 16 Jan 202685 Rowsley Street
Received 16 Feb 2026320 Beaumont Leys Lane
Received 17 Jun 202524 Church Road, Evington
Received 10 Jan 2023Groby Road (land to south), Stokeswood Park (land to north), Fosse Road North (land to west)
Received 28 Feb 202361 Harringworth Road
Received 6 Feb 202431 Granby Street
Received 15 Aug 202519 Abingdon Road
Received 1 Jan 202543 Lymington Road
Received 10 Nov 202541 Dale Street
Received 5 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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