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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0 approved · 1,484 refused · 244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Kingsley Street
Received 19 Feb 20245 Redmarle Road
Received 21 Oct 2022155 Fosse Road North & land to north
Received 12 May 2022101 Regent Road
Received 22 Jul 2025103-105 Princess Road East
Received 22 Apr 202469 Queens Road
Received 27 Jul 202391 Barbara Avenue
Received 30 Jun 202241 King Street, Pilot House
Received 21 Dec 20231 Shelley Street
Received 21 Oct 2024390 Humberstone Road, Ground Floor Shop
Received 11 Jun 202527 Shalford Road
Received 8 Nov 20246 Bedale Drive
Received 7 Aug 2024312 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 13 Oct 202256 Wilberforce Road
Received 29 Apr 20244 Lutterworth Road
Received 8 Apr 202226 Bodnant Avenue
Received 16 Feb 20266 Dingley Avenue
Received 4 Oct 2022115 Aylestone Road, Land adjacent to
Received 9 Jan 202435 Kitchener Road
Received 11 Oct 202420 Lorraine Road
Received 23 Jun 202641 Raywell Road
Received 23 Oct 2025111 Shackerdale Road, Aberdale Inn
Received 12 Mar 2026506 Aylestone Road
Received 14 Apr 2022West End Neighbourhood Centre, Andrewes Street
Received 25 Sept 2026Records 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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