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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1 approved · 1,629 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Finch Close, Land at Rear of The Sportsman
Received 5 Aug 20223-5 Roberts Road
Received 24 Apr 202391 Avenue Road
Received 24 Jun 2025103C Green Lane Road
Received 29 Jul 202498 Carisbrooke Road
Received 12 Sept 202336 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 18 Dec 20233 Oakside Crescent
Received 9 Mar 202293 Willow Brook Road
Received 11 Jul 202318 Elmfield Avenue
Received 10 Mar 202311 Bursom Road
Received 11 May 202671 St Ives Road
Received 13 Jun 202521 Southampton Street
Received 25 Oct 202347 Parker Drive
Received 5 Apr 202212 Gainsborough Road
Received 28 Jul 202618 Foxglove Road
Received 26 Jul 2022Northgate Street, Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 25 Aug 202645 Highgate Drive
Received 30 Oct 202412 Moira Street
Received 11 Mar 20265 Sulgrave Road
Received 9 Jun 202335 Lower Keyham Lane
Received 2 Mar 2026123 Prestwold Road
Received 17 Jul 202330 Manston Close
Received 9 Feb 202350 Bedale Drive
Received 25 Sept 202356-58 Belgrave Gate
Received 14 Mar 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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