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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1 approved · 1,500 refused · 245 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Davenport Road
Received 5 Sept 202293 and 93A Avenue Road Extension
Received 13 Feb 2024Hazel Street, Hazel Community Primary School
Received 30 Sept 202483 Queniborough Road
Received 15 Mar 2023123 Belgrave Gate
Received 23 Feb 202631 Horsefair Street, Permanent House, Ground, Part First, Third And Fifth Floors
Received 2 Sept 202614 Gillman Road
Received 21 Aug 202515 Equity Road
Received 15 Nov 202321 Samuel Street
Received 13 Jan 2022Filbert Way, King Power Football Stadium
Received 30 Aug 20238 Haymarket
Received 9 Jul 202527 Belvoir Street
Received 31 Mar 202698 Shanklin Drive
Received 21 Jun 20246-8 St Martins & 17 New Street
Received 10 May 2024269 Abbey Lane
Received 17 Oct 2022Southfields Drive, Site Of Southfield Infant School
Received 2 Sept 202597 Lutterworth Road
Received 7 Jul 202545 Thirlmere Street, Land Adjacent
Received 16 Jul 20268 Knighton Drive
Received 11 May 2022105 Melton Road
Received 24 May 202432 Crown Hills Rise
Received 29 Jun 20226 Aldeby Close
Received 21 Jan 202572 Upperton Road
Received 24 Jun 202274 Ireton Road
Received 6 Mar 2026Records 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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