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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1 approved · 1,630 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Lady Hay Road
Received 12 Nov 202116 Ratcliffe Road
Received 18 Feb 202623 Broadway Road
Received 16 Dec 202120 Kingfisher Avenue, Preston Lodge
Received 18 Feb 2021100 Pindar Road
Received 4 Mar 2024681 Welford Road
Received 7 Oct 20242 Parvian Road
Received 21 Feb 2022154 Abbey Lane
Received 3 Sept 20255 Lidster Close
Received 23 Aug 2022115 Knighton Lane East
Received 31 Jul 202378 Meadowsweet Road
Received 4 Apr 2023Imperial Buildings, 2 Halford Street
Received 1 Apr 202546 Wentworth Road
Received 16 Oct 202377 Church Road
Received 1 Sept 202649 Heather Road
Received 5 Jul 2021Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital, Diabetes Care Unit
Received 17 Dec 20245 Stoneygate Avenue
Received 19 Apr 202230 Erith Road
Received 19 Sept 202416 Duffield Street
Received 5 Jun 2026111 Letchworth Road
Received 3 Apr 20254 Wye Close
Received 16 Jan 202319 Baden Road
Received 26 Apr 202448 Cotley Road
Received 10 Mar 202584 Rosedale Avenue
Received 16 Oct 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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