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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1 approved · 1,544 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Margarets Way, St Margarets Pastures Sports Centre
Received 9 Oct 202449 Nursery Road, land to side
Received 6 Jun 202227 Shirley Avenue
Received 5 May 2026245 Western Road
Received 8 Aug 202511 Morland Avenue
Received 24 Jun 202645 Greenbank Road
Received 24 Mar 202317 Stoneygate Road
Received 7 Apr 2026Beaumont Shopping Centre Car Park
Received 2 Jul 202481 Grasmere Street
Received 30 Aug 202235 South Kingsmead Road
Received 25 Mar 202414A Woodland Avenue
Received 17 Apr 202494-98 Regent Road
Received 1 Sept 20255 Westcotes Drive
Received 7 Aug 202440 Nicklaus Road
Received 20 Jul 202346 Ratcliffe Road
Received 20 Jul 20223 Littleton Street
Received 31 Jan 2024308 St Saviours Road, Unit 1
Received 4 Mar 202660 Sanvey Lane
Received 13 Feb 2026Ulverscroft Road, Catherine Infant School
Received 21 Dec 202375 Regent Road
Received 18 Jun 202627A Knighton Road
Received 26 Oct 2023143 Abbey Lane
Received 12 Jan 2022309 Uppingham Road
Received 15 Jun 2023Elston fields Recreation grounds
Received 24 Feb 2026Records 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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