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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0 approved · 1,442 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
170 Maidstone Road
Received 31 Mar 2026Blackbird Road, The Blackbird
Received 16 Oct 202495A Lorne Road
Received 11 Aug 2026400 Loughborough Road, Petrol Filling Station
Received 28 Nov 202240 The Circle
Received 16 Feb 202673 Kedleston Road
Received 5 Dec 2024268 Blackbird Road
Received 21 May 2026Avonside Drive and Cropthorne Avenue
Received 24 Apr 202515 Gleneagles Avenue & land to rear of 13-23 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 24 Feb 202629A Craighill Road
Received 10 Dec 2024Land at Hillview, 1B Blackmore Drive
Received 6 Sept 2024129 St Nicholas Circle, Holiday Inn
Received 4 Dec 202330 Badminton Road
Received 24 Jul 2023Portland Lodge, Portland Towers
Received 12 Jul 202415 Carisbrooke Road, Land Adjacent
Received 25 Jul 202450 Skampton Road
Received 15 Dec 20236 Depot Close
Received 26 Jul 202422 Parkside Close
Received 4 Jul 20232-4 Site Of Belgrave Gate
Received 23 Jun 2026129 Grace Road & 43 Percy Road
Received 4 Oct 202225 Bovinger Road
Received 17 Sept 202626 Allington Street
Received 6 Feb 2024595 Welford Road
Received 7 Sept 202330 Waterside Road, Steris House
Received 13 Dec 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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