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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0 approved · 1,404 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Belvoir Drive
Received 13 Jun 2022186 Welford Road
Received 6 Aug 202440 Wyvern Avenue
Received 10 Jun 202430 Wheatley Road
Received 4 Feb 202599 Beaumanor Road
Received 16 Dec 2024110 Nedham Street
Received 13 Mar 202440 The Circle
Received 25 Jan 202432 Boynton Road
Received 3 Aug 20223 Springfield Road
Received 12 Dec 2023Flat 1 Saxby Street, 23 Liga House
Received 15 Sept 202383-85 Swithland Avenue
Received 13 Dec 20222 Exploration Drive
Received 28 Mar 2024Glenfrith Way (opposite access road to Glenfield hospital)
Received 28 Sept 2022Aylestone Road, Gas Site
Received 6 Dec 202291 Catherine Street
Received 19 Jan 202644 Ratcliffe Road
Received 27 Jan 20251 Pocklingtons Walk
Received 30 Jun 20227 Fulbeck Avenue
Received 9 Jul 2025Lady Hay Road, Open Area Adjacent Footpath
Received 12 Mar 20262 Barkford Close
Received 7 Oct 202425-27 Gallowtree Gate
Received 28 Jul 2025Stoughton Lane, Natural House
Received 15 Jun 202211 Redwood Walk
Received 30 Jan 202420 De Montfort Street, Belmont Hotel
Received 8 Aug 2022Records 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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