Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1 approved · 1,538 refused · 253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Corn Exchange, Market Place
Received 24 Sept 2025Fletton Close
Received 26 Jul 2022Fleet House, Fleet Street
Received 23 May 20223 The Common
Received 19 Apr 202310B Donald Close
Received 10 Apr 202535 Plantation Avenue
Received 22 Aug 202219 De Montfort Street
Received 19 Jul 202397 King Richards Road
Received 8 Sept 202314 Englefield Road
Received 9 Sept 202410 Knighton Road
Received 21 Sept 2022Units 1-3 Haymarket Towers, 15 Humberstone Gate
Received 29 Nov 2023Tithe Street, Land to the West (former Shield Engineering Site)
Received 25 Apr 202221 Evington Lane
Received 2 Sept 2025141-143 Humberstone Road
Received 6 Dec 202225 Featherstone Drive
Received 27 Jun 202252-56 High Street
Received 7 Feb 202452 Gallowtree Gate, outside GAME Shop
Received 12 Aug 20251 Lintlaw Close
Received 23 Jun 2025111 East Park Road
Received 7 May 2025265 Harrison Road
Received 9 Mar 202317 Vernon Street
Received 29 Apr 202488 Down Street
Received 28 Aug 20251 Causeway Lane, Saxon House
Received 21 Dec 2023Meadows Way, land off
Received 14 Jul 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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