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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1 approved · 1,543 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
116 Granby Street
Received 9 Aug 20242 Northgate Street, The Energy Centre
Received 25 Aug 202315 The Wayne Way
Received 3 Aug 202668 Wyngate Drive
Received 1 Mar 2022111 Tudor Road
Received 9 Mar 2026The Newry, Newry Specialist Learning Centre and Southfield Infant School, Southfields Drive
Received 18 Dec 202410 Beechcroft Road
Received 26 Jan 2022New Parks Boulevard, grass verge between New Parks Boulevard and New Parks Way
Received 16 Jul 2026729 Aylestone Road
Received 9 Apr 2024276 Hinckley Road
Received 6 Jul 20222 New Walk Place, The Circle
Received 26 Sept 20223 St James Street, Hindu Temple
Received 6 Feb 2023188 Kimberley Road
Received 2 Apr 202477 Jean Drive
Received 5 Aug 2026108 Carisbrooke Road
Received 23 Dec 202167 Mossgate
Received 15 Dec 2025324-328 London Road, Oliver Court
Received 16 Aug 202318 Charles Street
Received 26 Jan 202331 Waterloo Way, Arnhem House
Received 8 Aug 2025101 Belper Street
Received 20 Mar 202467 Woodstock Road
Received 9 Jul 202642 Franklyn Road
Received 11 Apr 202330 Thomson Close
Received 10 Oct 2023143 Trevino Drive
Received 31 Mar 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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