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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1 approved · 1,519 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Cowdall Road
Received 13 Feb 202378 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 2 Jun 20257-9 Charnwood Walk
Received 11 Jan 2023140 Queens Road, and garages to rear of 35 Portland Road
Received 17 Mar 202317 Cornwallis Avenue
Received 9 May 2025575 Uppingham Road
Received 1 Dec 2022165 Duncan Road
Received 5 Aug 202223 Evington Parks Road
Received 13 Jun 20236 Bryngarth Crescent
Received 23 Apr 2025120-124 Fosse Road North
Received 31 Oct 2023105 Cavendish Road
Received 30 Dec 202455 Asquith Boulevard
Received 16 Dec 20221 Glendower Close
Received 8 Sept 202291 Fairfax Road
Received 7 Feb 202328 Bannerman Road
Received 8 May 2026Main Street, Braunstone Lane,St Peters Vicarage
Received 16 May 2022206 Wicklow Drive
Received 14 Sept 20264 Mervyn Road
Received 4 Jan 2024Larch street, Land off
Received 12 Sept 202229 Rolleston Street
Received 17 Jul 202580 Dillon Road
Received 6 Jun 20231 Larkspur Close
Received 7 Jul 2022272 Asquith Boulevard
Received 16 Feb 2023Wakerley Road, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Received 10 Feb 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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