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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1 approved · 1,526 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Wintersdale Road
Received 9 Oct 202382-84 Humberstone Gate & 2-2A Wharf Street South
Received 5 Apr 202435 Houghton Street
Received 4 Aug 202680 Regent Road-Regent House
Received 8 Nov 202212 Highbury Road
Received 7 Nov 202252 Thurnview Road
Received 30 Dec 202518 Herthull Road
Received 5 May 202319 Saxthorpe Road
Received 5 Oct 202310 Wakerley Road
Received 28 Jul 20224 Wheat Street
Received 9 Dec 202542 Rowsley Avenue
Received 19 Feb 2024176 Spencefield Lane
Received 18 Sept 2023Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Victoria Building
Received 9 Dec 2024201 Knighton Road, Cradock Arms
Received 29 Jan 202545 Chatham Street, Flat 6
Received 7 Nov 202325 Bovinger Road
Received 10 Sept 202632 Melton Road
Received 23 Sept 20241 Woodbridge Road, car wash
Received 4 Oct 2023Unit 3 Swinford Avenue
Received 31 May 202440 Park Rise
Received 15 Dec 202310 The Slade Greens
Received 27 Aug 202646 Avenue Road
Received 13 Dec 202239 Burnaston Road
Received 7 Mar 202416-20 Loseby Lane, O Neills
Received 4 Aug 2023Records 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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