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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0 approved · 1,439 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
122 Canon Street
Received 16 Jan 202337 Acorn Street
Received 13 Nov 202525 Linden Drive
Received 7 Jul 202337C-37D Melrose Street
Received 24 May 202331 Glendon Street
Received 10 Feb 202518 High Street
Received 4 Feb 2025Finch Close, Land to the rear of The Sportsman
Received 8 Oct 202130 Byway Road
Received 21 Nov 2024Vaughan Way, west of Highcross Shopping Centre, to rear of Showcase Cinema and adjacent to Nando's
Received 20 Jul 202316 Goodwood Crescent
Received 5 Dec 202384 Aylestone Road, The Local Hero
Received 31 May 20221 Hayling Crescent
Received 10 Mar 2025218 Sandhills Avenue
Received 16 Oct 202388 Wintersdale Road
Received 29 Sept 202515 Portland Road
Received 19 Jun 20242 Heybridge Road
Received 21 Feb 202584 Martival
Received 11 Aug 202626 Grenfell Road
Received 25 Nov 2024Site of former Goscote House, 40 Sparkenhoe Street
Received 22 May 202430 Beresford Drive
Received 27 Oct 202221 Bhaktivedanta Marg, Avanti Fields School
Received 22 Aug 20252 Lyle Close
Received 24 Mar 2022Anstey Lane, Gorse Hill City Farm
Received 6 Aug 20261 Hampshire Road
Received 11 Mar 2025Records 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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