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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1 approved · 1,525 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Avenue Road
Received 20 Jul 2022245 Humberstone Lane
Received 4 Jul 20227 Delaware Road
Received 8 Feb 2023121A East Park Road
Received 20 Mar 2025Land Adjacent, 143 Gooding Avenue
Received 12 Jul 202449 Shanklin Drive
Received 5 Feb 20263 Daneshill Road, Ashton Lodge
Received 8 Mar 202353 Lamborne Road
Received 14 Sept 202626 Elms Road, Stoneygate Grange
Received 30 Mar 202222-24 Fosse Road Central
Received 7 Nov 202543 Wyvern Avenue
Received 28 Jun 2022London Road, Leicester Railway Station, Midland Main Line
Received 13 Aug 202664 Mansfield Street, Creative Mill
Received 13 Jul 2026104 High Street
Received 7 Jul 2025123 and 123a Belgrave Gate
Received 19 Feb 202618 Dixon Drive
Received 18 Jul 20232 Maidenwell Avenue, Tesco Extra
Received 9 Aug 2023150 Knighton Road, College Court
Received 3 Feb 202246 Beaufort Road
Received 8 Jul 20243 Southernhay Road
Received 5 Sept 202492 Adderley Road, Land Adjacent
Received 3 Jul 202344 Wiltshire Road
Received 2 Aug 202224 Avenue Road
Received 22 Sept 20253 Highbury Road
Received 20 Sept 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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