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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0 approved · 1,406 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Part of 33 Stonebridge Street and part of 104a Bridge Road
Received 22 May 2024208 Knighton Road, Knighton Hall
Received 2 Apr 202617 Blanklyn Avenue
Received 15 Feb 202313 Farnley Road
Received 12 Oct 202321 Samuel Street
Received 12 Jan 2023294 Gwendolen Road
Received 11 Sept 202457 Rutland Street, Leicester International Complex
Received 13 Oct 202222 Whitwick Way
Received 4 Jul 2025Llewelyn Court, Elmsleigh Avenue
Received 9 Dec 2025Falcons Primary School, Gipsy Lane
Received 5 Feb 20252 Bannerman Road
Received 22 Mar 20241 Bewicke Road
Received 29 Jun 202315A Southernhay Road
Received 11 Jul 2023Melton Road, Land to the north of Sainsbury's
Received 28 Aug 202450 Kate Street, Flats 1 and 2
Received 28 Jan 202618 Lorne Road
Received 10 Aug 202320 Henley Road
Received 27 Feb 20237-11 Humberstone Gate
Received 17 Dec 202535 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 24 Mar 202520 Ratcliffe Road
Received 28 Mar 2022211 Scraptoft Lane
Received 28 Aug 2026Gervas Road, The Mayflower
Received 22 Jul 202535 Rossett Drive
Received 9 Sept 2024Abbey Park Road, Former Advanced Tapes and Bus Depot
Received 10 Nov 2023Records 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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