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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1 approved · 1,532 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Merton Avenue
Received 2 Apr 202417 Halford Street
Received 15 Nov 202340 Deancourt Road
Received 19 Jun 2025148 Upper New Walk
Received 8 Jun 202657 Rutland Street
Received 30 Jan 202411 Shirley Street
Received 30 Jan 202325 Herongate Road
Received 29 Mar 202260 Barry Road
Received 13 Feb 202370 Narborough Road
Received 30 Oct 202531 Westfield Road
Received 11 Dec 2023Ellesmere Road, Fulhurst Community College Fosse Campus
Received 29 Mar 2023234 Fosse Road South
Received 23 Aug 202327 Ipswich Close
Received 13 Oct 202228 Plymouth Drive
Received 28 Sept 202298 Nicklaus Road
Received 1 Jul 20264-10 Halstead Street (Land adjacent no.12 Halstead Street)
Received 23 Apr 202636 Moorfields
Received 11 Oct 202376 Uppingham Road
Received 22 Apr 2026Land to Rear of 3 Elms Farm Cottages, Keyham Lane
Received 11 Jan 202224 Glendower Close
Received 16 Feb 2022107 Rotherby Avenue
Received 5 Oct 2023Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital, The Evington Centre
Received 15 Aug 20228 Saltersford Road
Received 17 Jun 2024104 Green Lane Road
Received 9 Dec 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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