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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1 approved · 1,513 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Walcote Road
Received 23 Aug 202360 Asquith Boulevard, Sakeena House
Received 11 Sept 20241B Hawthorne Drive, Hawthorne Court
Received 17 Dec 202423 Alton Road
Received 26 Mar 202435 Rowsley Street & 72-74 Osmaston Road
Received 1 Jul 2024136 Westcotes Drive, Bradgate House
Received 21 Feb 2023Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital, Diabetes Care Unit
Received 24 Oct 202515 Mervyn Road
Received 17 May 20224 Stanley Drive
Received 1 Dec 2025136 Westcotes Drive, Bradgate House
Received 24 Oct 2023Car park opposite 40 Almond Road
Received 8 Mar 20223-5 Stoneygate Road
Received 3 Jul 202476 Linden Drive
Received 12 Jan 202370 Frisby Road
Received 2 Apr 202491 Fairfax Road
Received 17 Aug 2023248 London Road
Received 24 Jan 202221 Cavendish Road
Received 30 Oct 2023Hospital Close
Received 1 Jul 2025145 Lutterworth Road and land to rear of
Received 26 Jan 2022120 Knighton Church Road
Received 23 Jun 2025Slater Street, Slater Primary School
Received 5 Aug 202237 Cranmer Street
Received 15 Jun 202621 Butcombe Road
Received 7 Mar 202322 Deacon Street
Received 15 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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