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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0 approved · 1,398 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Conaglen Road
Received 23 Apr 202546 Staveley Road
Received 20 May 202271 Somerville Road
Received 30 Mar 2026Hinckley Road, NatWest Bank
Received 24 Feb 202223 Thomasson Road
Received 19 Mar 202512 Sandown Road
Received 1 Mar 2023498-500 Melton Road, Petrol Filling Station
Received 18 Dec 2023St Barnabas Road, St Barnabas C Of E Primary School
Received 9 Aug 202238 Kingsmead Road
Received 21 Feb 202421 Tichborne Street, Markaz Quba
Received 28 Apr 20257 Miller Close
Received 1 Sept 20264 Swallowdale Drive
Received 6 Feb 202340 - 60 Wheatsheaf Way
Received 16 Jun 202650 Harris Road
Received 26 Apr 202478 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 21 Nov 2024125 Frisby Road
Received 26 Jan 202439-41 Narborough Road
Received 19 Feb 202523 Sidney Road, Land adjacent to
Received 7 Nov 202242 Heyworth Road, Land to the rear
Received 12 Dec 202260 London Road
Received 6 Nov 202486 Ambassador Road
Received 2 Dec 20252 Barmouth Avenue
Received 20 Jun 2022612 Saffron Lane, The Surgery
Received 24 Aug 20238 Norwich Road
Received 7 May 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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