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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1 approved · 1,505 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
O Neills, 16-20 Loseby Lane
Received 7 May 2026Eastcourt Road, Overdale Infant And Junior Schools
Received 8 Aug 202215 Knighton Drive
Received 16 Oct 202411 Spencefield Drive
Received 18 Oct 20233 Stoneygate Avenue.
Received 15 Jan 2024Shop 37-39 Green Lane Road
Received 28 Sept 2026118 Clarendon Street
Received 18 Jun 2026Sturdee Road, St Hughs Parish Church
Received 5 Jan 202659 Kitchener Road
Received 3 Jan 2025325 Narborough Road
Received 22 May 202336 Millstone Lane
Received 23 May 2023182 Scraptoft Lane
Received 20 May 2022571 Gipsy Lane, Foxton Grange
Received 3 Aug 2022124 Avenue Road Extension
Received 15 Jun 202279 Highway Road
Received 28 Jan 202276 Carisbrooke Road
Received 3 Mar 202339 Duncan Road, rear of, now known as 42 Hampshire Road
Received 15 Feb 202315 Gleneagles Avenue & land to rear of 13-23 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 28 Feb 2024101 Upperton Road
Received 10 Aug 202613 Sundew Road
Received 3 Mar 202561 Kitchener Road
Received 21 Aug 2025108 Belgrave Gate
Received 13 Apr 202357 Wicklow Drive
Received 29 Mar 2022Abbey Meadows, site of former Bestway Cash & Carry
Received 14 Jun 2022Records 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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