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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0 approved · 1,423 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Edgehill Road
Received 25 Jan 20242 Dudley Avenue
Received 9 May 202411 Cank Street (first, second and third floors) and 9-15 Cank Street (ground floor)
Received 12 Feb 20241 Parvian Road
Received 30 Jun 202232a Beatrice Road
Received 12 Jun 2025Meadows Way, land off
Received 8 Aug 202442 and 42a Connaught Street, rear Of
Received 8 Jul 202517A Duxbury Road, Masjid-Al-Husayn Mosque
Received 11 Dec 2023135 Hungarton Boulevard
Received 7 Jul 2026104 & 106 Shanklin Drive
Received 3 May 202351 Cyprus Road
Received 30 Aug 2023Nedham Street, Charnwood Primary School
Received 13 Apr 202666 Cobden Street
Received 5 Jun 202391 Charles Street, Halford House
Received 15 Sept 2026155 Fosse Road South
Received 14 Jun 20244 Sherwood Street
Received 5 Jan 2023507 Uppingham Road
Received 11 Mar 2026104 & 106 Shanklin Drive
Received 21 Aug 202671 Copdale Road
Received 30 Sept 202223 Meadvale Road
Received 12 Feb 20248 Abingdon Road, Arbor Court
Received 25 Jun 2026113-117 London Road
Received 17 Jan 2025Lee Circle, City Industrial Units
Received 25 Jun 2026Multi Storey Car Park, Newarke Street
Received 1 May 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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