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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0 approved · 1,437 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbey Park Road, Former Advanced Tapes and Bus Depot
Received 10 Jun 202461 Worthington Street
Received 3 Jul 202396 Scraptoft Lane
Received 24 Oct 202388 Down Street
Received 9 Jun 2025188 Belgrave Road
Received 27 Mar 20233 Shearer Close
Received 29 Aug 2025379 Uppingham Road
Received 18 Apr 202337 Park View
Received 4 Aug 2023Market Place
Received 2 Jun 2025146 Wharf Street North
Received 25 Apr 20222 Somerville Road
Received 16 Dec 202585 Highway Road
Received 30 Jun 202330 Shetland Road
Received 25 Aug 202315 Putney Road West, Church
Received 25 Oct 202233 Tewkesbury Street
Received 30 Jun 2023Abbey Court, Pioneer Park, Wallingford Road / Exploration Drive / Corporation Road
Received 2 Jun 202325 Oban Street
Received 21 Jun 2022Land at Highcross Street, Great Central Street and All Saints Open
Received 7 Feb 2023Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Balmoral Building
Received 12 Mar 202560 Abbots Road North
Received 29 May 20246-8 Evington Street
Received 21 Apr 202671 Twycross Street
Received 25 Oct 202217 St Philips Road
Received 17 Jan 20249 Collingham Road
Received 18 Sept 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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