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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0 approved · 1,460 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Jellicoe Road
Received 4 Mar 202466 Ocean Road
Received 22 Aug 202235 New Bond Street
Received 12 Oct 20231C Glenfield Road
Received 17 Feb 202611 St Johns Road
Received 20 Jul 20234 Thorpewell
Received 20 May 202231 Dean Road
Received 1 Jul 20227-9 Horsefair Street
Received 18 Aug 202514 North Avenue, White House
Received 29 Mar 20224 Laurel Road
Received 6 Jan 20259 Dumbleton Avenue
Received 8 Mar 20223 Sheffield Street
Received 7 Oct 2022Ashton Green, Leicester Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Thurcaston Road, Leicester
Received 19 May 2026535 Welford Road
Received 7 Jul 202263 Kinross Avenue
Received 30 Apr 2025Spence Street, Spence Street Sports Centre
Received 5 Jul 2022Whitehall Road, Oaklands School
Received 18 Jan 2024170 Hallam Crescent East
Received 7 Jun 2022198 London Road, The Old Horse
Received 18 Mar 2026410 Uppingham Road
Received 17 Feb 202229 Kingsbridge Crescent
Received 14 Feb 202226 Elms Road, Stoneygate Grange
Received 1 Aug 2024140 Evington Road
Received 7 Dec 202265 Checketts Road
Received 7 Jun 2024Records 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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