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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0 approved · 1,425 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Evington Parks Road
Received 20 Jun 2022Westbridge Wharf, Bath Lane
Received 5 Jan 202422 Chiltern Green
Received 6 Jun 202210 Glazebrook Square
Received 8 Apr 2024112 Melrose Street, Garage Court After
Received 12 Mar 2025120 Cavendish Road
Received 18 Apr 202440 The Poppins
Received 2 Sept 202425 Cornwall Road, Land and Garage adjacent
Received 31 Mar 2025470 Groby Road
Received 13 Sept 202232, 34 & 36 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 20 Feb 202322 Brocklesby Way
Received 13 Sept 202311 Shropshire Road
Received 9 Jan 2026251 Humberstone Lane
Received 2 Sept 20267 Overstrand Road
Received 24 Oct 2022498A Uppingham Road
Received 26 Oct 202215 Sextant Road
Received 18 Aug 2025104 Northdene Road
Received 15 Aug 202538 Market Street (40 Market Street)
Received 24 Jan 202428 Ford Rise
Received 22 Jul 202632 Melton Road
Received 27 Apr 202235 Morland Avenue
Received 5 Dec 202317 June Avenue
Received 4 Dec 202441 Queniborough Road
Received 11 Sept 202311 East Gates
Received 22 Dec 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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