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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1 approved · 1,510 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
132-140 Highcross Street and rear of 61 Great Central Street
Received 5 May 20223 Hampshire Road
Received 22 May 20231 Blackbird Road
Received 11 Dec 2024138 Carisbrooke Road
Received 16 Aug 2022168 Fosse Road North
Received 15 Nov 202316 East Park Road
Received 24 May 2023Land at Fletton Close
Received 5 Jun 202397 Wicklow Drive
Received 11 Apr 202355 Prospect Road
Received 28 Mar 2024183 Anstey Lane
Received 9 Mar 2023Whitehall Road, Oaklands School
Received 5 May 20229 Great Arler Road
Received 29 Jun 2026403 London Road
Received 2 Sept 202418 Bakewell Street
Received 3 Aug 202316 Seaford Road
Received 11 Apr 2022160 Hinckley Road, Wyggestons Hospital
Received 3 May 202445 Chatham Street, Flat 6
Received 1 Mar 202442-44 Granby Street, (First and Second Floors - 3 Rutland Street)
Received 18 Oct 2022Raw Dykes Road, land between Offices and National Grid
Received 23 Jun 202519 East Avenue
Received 30 Mar 202293 Nansen Road
Received 16 May 2024Meadows Way, land off
Received 8 Apr 2025104 Evesham Road
Received 14 Aug 20257 Southernhay Road
Received 26 Sept 2023Records 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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