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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1 approved · 1,527 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Knowle, 54 Ratcliffe Road
Received 22 May 202510 Fountains Avenue
Received 13 Dec 2022112 Melrose Street, Garage Court After
Received 24 Mar 20232A Stoneygate Road, The Lawns
Received 14 Aug 20265 Main Street
Received 5 Aug 2024112 Melrose Street, Garage Court After
Received 28 Apr 2023The Newry, Newry Specialist Learning Centre and Southfield Infant School, Southfields Drive
Received 22 Apr 20258 Chiltern Green
Received 11 Jul 202282 Ocean Road
Received 30 Aug 202220 Skelton Drive
Received 26 Jun 202692 Stephenson Drive
Received 13 Apr 202275 Checketts Road
Received 11 Apr 2023480 Groby Road
Received 28 Apr 2026498A Uppingham Road
Received 9 May 202231 Saxthorpe Road
Received 22 May 2024399 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 17 Mar 202339 Galleywood Drive
Received 18 Aug 2026Pindar Road, New Parks Sure Start Childrens Centre
Received 13 Mar 2023132 Evington Lane
Received 2 Mar 202353 Francis Street, Land Rear Of
Received 1 Jun 202333 Purley Road
Received 3 Apr 2023Hillsborough Road, Eyres Monsell And Gilmorton Children's Centre
Received 2 Sept 2021105 Evesham Road
Received 4 Mar 202217 Highgate Drive
Received 2 Jun 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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