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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.
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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0 approved · 1,423 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Norbury Avenue
Received 12 Jun 2023Portland Lodge, Portland Towers
Received 20 May 2026210 Wigston Lane
Received 16 Jan 202320 Rawson Street, John Woolman House
Received 15 Jul 20241-3 Evington Drive, Masjid Umar and land adjacent
Received 14 Sept 2026Ulverscroft Road, Catherine Infant School
Received 21 Sept 2023Land at Fletton Close, Leicester
Received 25 Jan 2024Sharmon Play Park, Sharmon Crescent
Received 20 Feb 202624 Strathmore Avenue
Received 20 Apr 2023115 Abbey Park Road, Land Adjacent
Received 1 Jun 2026132-140 Highcross Street
Received 27 Feb 2025Mcdonalds Restaurant, 521 Abbey Lane
Received 16 Oct 2024156-160 St Nicholas Circle, Jewry Wall Museum
Received 25 Jul 202435 Evington Drive
Received 19 Aug 202455 Welford Road
Received 17 Jun 20262 Southland Road
Received 9 Nov 202310 Abbots Road South
Received 28 Jan 202516 Stafford Street
Received 11 Jul 2023412 Hinckley Road
Received 20 Mar 20231 Riverside Drive
Received 20 Feb 2023140 Waterside Road
Received 7 Dec 2022John Woolman House, 20 Rawson Street
Received 31 Jul 20265 Castle View
Received 21 Apr 2023335 Narborough Road
Received 4 May 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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