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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1 approved · 1,511 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
410 Uppingham Road
Received 4 Dec 2024278 Uppingham Road
Received 31 May 202235 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 10 Jul 202413 Green Lane Close
Received 25 Mar 202212 Pendene Road
Received 20 Jun 202320 Melton Road
Received 20 May 20227 Stoneleigh Way
Received 10 Nov 202539 Essex Road
Received 19 Feb 202421 Spencefield Lane
Received 4 Sept 202315 Shrewsbury Avenue
Received 30 May 2023140 Waterside Road
Received 23 May 202322 Menzies Road, Unit 1
Received 26 Mar 2026Church Lane, Bellhouse
Received 30 Mar 2026Hawkins Road, Land to rear
Received 2 Jun 20231 Bannerman Road
Received 4 Jul 2024348 Victoria Park Road
Received 26 May 202611-15 and 19-35 Conduit Street
Received 22 Jul 2022127 Dunton Street
Received 3 Jun 20268 Market Place
Received 3 Nov 2021Sunningdale Road, Leicester Distribution Park
Received 1 Nov 2022Hazel Street, Hazel Community Primary School
Received 18 Apr 20245 Stanley Road, Stanley Court
Received 9 Apr 20262-4 Lee Street
Received 20 May 202242 Southernhay Road
Received 26 Feb 2024Records 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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