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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1 approved · 1,633 refused · 281 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
169-177 Walnut Street
Received 12 Feb 20266 Francis Street, First Floor
Received 24 Dec 202457 Rutland Street, Leicester International Complex
Received 17 May 20231 Lineker Road, Filbert Village
Received 9 Dec 20224 Lee Street
Received 2 Oct 202321 St Denys Road
Received 18 Feb 2025155 Downing Drive
Received 5 Jun 2023155 Nansen Road
Received 15 Mar 2023166-168 Belgrave Road
Received 22 May 2026166-172 Ryder Road (Units 1-4), Land Adj
Received 9 Oct 202319 Highfield Street
Received 8 Dec 202349 Peters Drive
Received 21 Apr 202240 Kerrysdale Avenue
Received 25 Aug 202323 Tillingham Road
Received 9 Jul 2026Northgate Street, Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 26 Feb 2024104 High Street
Received 26 Jun 2026109 Catherine Street, The Woolpack
Received 7 Sept 2023Melton Road corner of Doncaster Road, junction of
Received 8 Dec 2025St Martin's, St Martin's Cathedral Church
Received 24 Jan 202459 Ireton Road
Received 9 Jul 2025Gleneagles Avenue, Soar Valley College
Received 26 Aug 2026105 Winchester Avenue
Received 2 Mar 2026100 Church Gate
Received 2 Dec 20248 Turner Road
Received 21 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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