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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0 approved · 1,433 refused · 239 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sturdee Road, Land to rear of Medical Centre
Received 16 Aug 2022464-466 Narborough Road
Received 17 Mar 202222 Chater Close
Received 27 Mar 20232a Spinney Hill Road, Global House
Received 15 Nov 2022101 Gipsy lane
Received 8 Dec 202535 Noel Street
Received 5 Feb 202536 Elizabeth Street
Received 1 Mar 2024171-173 London Road
Received 10 Jul 202511 Friar Lane, Eagle Star House
Received 16 Nov 202231 Herongate Road
Received 1 Jul 202421 Purley Road
Received 26 Feb 2024Beaumont Shopping Centre Car Park
Received 10 Jun 2024322 London Road, Kirk Lodge
Received 2 Mar 2022257 Belgrave Gate
Received 1 Jul 202648A London Road, The Parcel Yard
Received 27 Jun 202351 Ullswater Street
Received 21 Jun 202229 Yorkshire Road
Received 3 Nov 202393 Avebury Avenue
Received 20 Apr 202289 Cardinals Walk
Received 8 Nov 202237 Welford Road, Reynard House
Received 1 Jun 202231 Naseby Road
Received 11 Jan 202499 Prestwold Road
Received 25 Aug 202622A Marina Road
Received 25 Jul 2025216 Hamilton Lane
Received 31 Oct 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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