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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.
1 approved · 1,627 refused · 277 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Dersingham Road
Received 25 Aug 202684 Fullhurst Avenue
Received 27 May 2025435 Saffron Lane, East Mids Pet & Reptile Supplies
Received 6 Feb 202440 Sextant Road
Received 6 Jul 202639 Essex Road
Received 15 Apr 202478 Gilmorton Avenue
Received 15 Jun 202632B Conaglen Road
Received 4 Jan 202332 Coles Close
Received 10 Jul 2026St Pauls Catholic School, Spencefield Lane
Received 22 Jan 20253 Roseneath Avenue
Received 19 May 20237A Monsell Drive
Received 6 Jan 202646 Cashmore View
Received 30 Mar 20224 Glendower Close
Received 16 Aug 20224 Eldon Street
Received 2 Sept 2024Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - High Street Entrance
Received 19 Jun 20259 Kingswood Avenue
Received 28 Nov 20238 Hextall Road
Received 16 Jul 20246 Rockley Road
Received 9 Feb 202316 Chaffinch Close
Received 29 Jul 202570 Cordery Road
Received 29 Apr 202621 Coatbridge Avenue
Received 21 Jan 2025Gravel Street, St Margarets Bus Station
Received 7 Feb 202280 Evington Valley Road, Jamia Masjid E Bilal
Received 21 Jan 2025Hinckley Road (Site at junction of Hinckley Road and Narborough Road North)
Received 19 Jan 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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