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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0 approved · 1,425 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bartholomew Street
Received 28 Oct 2024Styon Road (numbers: 8, 14)
Received 16 Dec 202247 Charnor Road
Received 7 Mar 20252A Westcotes Drive, Jalaram Community Centre
Received 1 Sept 202648 Collis Crescent
Received 14 Apr 2026Lancaster Place, Leicester Fire And Rescue Station
Received 16 Jul 202473 Keyham Lane
Received 24 Aug 2022Exploration Drive
Received 12 May 202214 Horston Road
Received 20 Nov 202460 Clarendon Park Road
Received 29 Jan 2026133 Abbey Lane
Received 3 Nov 20238 Laurel Road
Received 7 Nov 202433 Westleigh Road
Received 23 Sept 2025191 Clarendon Park Road
Received 11 Feb 202544 Scarborough Road
Received 27 Mar 20234 Turnbury Way
Received 19 Feb 202479 Glenfield Road
Received 30 May 202435 Uppingham Road
Received 5 Dec 2022593 Welford Road
Received 5 Nov 20251 & 1A Rearsby Road
Received 28 Apr 202639 Aberdale Road
Received 24 May 2022115 Wintersdale Road
Received 29 Jan 2024147 Green Lane Road
Received 26 Aug 202522 Chiltern Green
Received 24 May 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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