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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0 approved · 1,466 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
464A Groby Road
Received 5 Jun 2025Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - New Bond Street Entrance
Received 24 Oct 202417 Roslyn Street
Received 2 Dec 202436 Shirley Road
Received 17 Jul 2025109 Beatrice Road
Received 4 Jun 202613-13A Biddulph Street
Received 7 Sept 202219 Wordsworth Road
Received 19 Apr 202252 Thurnview Road
Received 10 Nov 202519-23 Burleys Way
Received 8 Aug 20237 Cairnsford Road
Received 1 Apr 202244 Somerville Road
Received 11 Nov 202525 Deancourt Road
Received 16 Jun 20254 North Drive
Received 1 Mar 202213 Southernhay Road
Received 16 Jun 202574 Cardinals Walk
Received 9 Jul 202435 Valentine Road
Received 22 Jul 202267 Gaul Street
Received 13 Jul 2026109 Hartopp Road
Received 26 May 202221 Bloxham Road
Received 17 Mar 202327 Tennis Court Drive
Received 21 Nov 202230 Bannerman Road
Received 5 Dec 202492 Corporation Road, Space Park
Received 9 Jun 202620 Herongate Road
Received 7 Oct 202522 Herricks Avenue
Received 6 May 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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