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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1 approved · 1,517 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Melton Road, Land to north of Sainsbury's
Received 22 Mar 20233 Stadium Place
Received 12 Aug 202514 Abbeymead Road
Received 7 Jul 202661 Great Central Street, Global House
Received 17 Dec 20247 Horsefair Street
Received 10 Nov 202239 Morland Avenue
Received 7 Sept 202618 Cotley Road
Received 12 Dec 2022384 London Road, Carlton Court
Received 5 Mar 202416 Cairnsford Road
Received 7 Feb 202518 St Michaels Avenue
Received 13 Mar 2024Meadows Way, land off
Received 27 Jan 202519 Sturdee Road
Received 24 Dec 202428 Roseway
Received 19 Sept 202381 Willow Brook Road
Received 27 Mar 2025124 Melton Road
Received 8 Mar 2023212 Queens Road
Received 25 Mar 202438 Rowan Street
Received 27 Apr 20234-6 New Street
Received 6 Nov 202482 Ambassador Road
Received 29 Mar 202240 Ashtree Road
Received 27 Feb 202527 Wilberforce Road
Received 26 Sept 20221 Market Place, Corn Exchange
Received 7 Jul 2022311 Narborough Road
Received 17 Jun 202434 Barton Road
Received 5 Jun 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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