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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1 approved · 1,543 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 St James Road
Received 9 Dec 2024610 Aylestone Road
Received 18 Jun 2026550 Welford Road
Received 25 Mar 202262 Ashbourne Street
Received 15 May 202343 Lutterworth Road
Received 17 Jun 202415 Christopher Drive
Received 2 Jun 20239-15 Princess Road West, Bosworth House
Received 30 Sept 2025185 Ratcliffe Road, Dover Court
Received 13 Oct 2023123 Humberstone Drive
Received 7 Oct 2022Gilroes Cemetery, Groby Road
Received 25 Nov 2024122A East Park Road
Received 17 Jun 2022Hastings Road, Fire Station
Received 1 Mar 2024Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street
Received 18 Oct 202410 Oakland Road
Received 24 Oct 2024106 Shanklin Drive
Received 18 Jan 202228 Stoneygate Avenue
Received 3 Jul 2023341 London Road, Martin House
Received 22 Feb 20228A Crofters Drive, Goodwood Bowls and Social Club
Received 23 Dec 202571 Braunstone Gate
Received 22 Nov 202239 Gallowtree Gate, Whsmith
Received 9 Jul 202443 Wyvern Avenue
Received 4 Jul 202297 Aylestone Road, Ground Floor
Received 8 Sept 2025138 Spencefield Lane
Received 5 Sept 20221 Stanley Drive
Received 11 Aug 2025Records 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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