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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0 approved · 1,487 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Conaglen Road
Received 27 Jul 2023186 Welford Road
Received 24 Jul 202652 Gallowtree Gate outside GAME Shop
Received 12 Aug 202557 Rutland Street, Leicester International Complex
Received 14 Mar 202223 Chorley Wood Road
Received 14 Jun 2022170 Prestwold Road
Received 20 Apr 20235 Barbara Avenue
Received 28 Mar 2023Meadows Way, land off
Received 17 Jun 2025126-128 East Park Road
Received 19 Nov 2024University Road, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College
Received 21 Sept 202349 Shanklin Drive
Received 18 Jan 2022240 Hinckley Road
Received 22 Dec 202332 Dean Road
Received 23 May 202272 Trevino Drive
Received 15 Mar 2022Cossington Street, Recreation Grounds (MUGA)
Received 17 Jan 202516 Burlington Road
Received 24 Sept 20253 Goodwood Road
Received 9 Sept 20265 Westcotes Drive
Received 2 May 202525 Linton Street
Received 21 Mar 20221 Potterton Road
Received 25 Oct 2022115 Wintersdale Road
Received 14 May 2025Coleman Primary School playing fields
Received 10 Oct 202355 The Roundway
Received 13 Apr 202348 Little Holme Street
Received 23 Sept 2022Records 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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