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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1 approved · 1,550 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Avenue Road
Received 5 Aug 202422 Exton Road
Received 11 May 2022188 London Road, The Park
Received 20 Dec 202212 Gipsy Lane
Received 18 Dec 2023587 Welford Road
Received 9 Feb 20223 Southland Road
Received 24 Mar 202224 Bulwer Road
Received 18 Apr 20241 Kilverstone Avenue
Received 18 Aug 202635 Asquith Boulevard
Received 17 Mar 2025484 Welford Road
Received 27 Jun 2024162 Wintersdale Road
Received 3 Feb 202671 St Michaels Avenue
Received 22 Aug 20232 Hatherleigh Road
Received 17 Feb 202516 Albermarle Close
Received 5 Jul 202219 De Montfort Street
Received 19 May 202317 Princess Road West, Sovereign House
Received 24 Jun 20268 Bath House Lane
Received 12 Mar 2025Blackberry Street, Land off
Received 19 Nov 202558 Regent Road (rear of) and 23 Rawson Street
Received 21 Jun 2023347 Thurcaston Road
Received 21 Jul 202558 Windley Road
Received 22 Mar 202334 Victoria Park Road
Received 27 Oct 2025160 Belgrave Road, Belgrave Commercial Centre, Units 5-6 Aka 4-5
Received 6 Dec 20224 Wigley Road
Received 8 Feb 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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