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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1 approved · 1,631 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Melbourne Road
Received 5 Feb 202542 Hampshire Road
Received 17 Jun 202458 Fosse Road South
Received 27 Apr 202381 Hallaton Road, Land adjacent to
Received 6 Jul 202350 Skampton Road
Received 30 Jan 202430 Herrick Road
Received 28 Feb 2025129 Nansen Road
Received 29 Jul 2024Land Adjoining, 393 Aylestone Road
Received 1 Mar 2023Ali House, Frisby Road
Received 8 Dec 202111 Ivanhoe Street
Received 26 May 202635 Braunstone Avenue
Received 3 Sept 2026152 Astill Lodge Road
Received 13 Oct 202321 Earlswood Road
Received 20 Aug 202622 Gimson Road
Received 27 Sept 20236 Century Court
Received 25 Apr 2022Bursom Road, Walkers Snack Foods Ltd
Received 18 Oct 2021Cossington Street Sports Centre
Received 17 Sept 202155 Ellesmere Road
Received 24 Sept 2021301 Thurmaston Lane
Received 8 Jul 202690 Harrison Road
Received 26 May 202616-20 O Neills, Loseby Lane
Received 14 Apr 20263 Abbeycourt Road
Received 3 May 202271-73 Kerrysdale Avenue
Received 13 Dec 202354 Highcross Street
Received 19 Oct 2021Records 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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