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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1 approved · 1,557 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 4 Sept 202315 Greenbank Road
Received 13 Jun 2022306 Hinckley Road
Received 7 Jul 202369 Sherrard Road
Received 21 Jul 20239 Edgbaston Close
Received 15 Jan 20241 Greenwood Road
Received 4 Apr 20225 Pendene Road
Received 5 Sept 202228 Conduit Street, Unit 5 Faraday Court
Received 23 Feb 202422A Bath Street
Received 5 Dec 2023384 London Road, Carlton Court
Received 6 Feb 20251B Stoneygate Avenue
Received 8 Dec 202522 Valence Road
Received 27 Apr 20234 Leycroft Road, Pepsico International Limited 20231663
Received 9 Apr 202451 Elms Road
Received 16 Jul 202640 Granby Street, Tesco Store
Received 15 Dec 202294 Averil Road
Received 4 Jun 20251 Duke Street, Marlborough Place
Received 16 Jul 202625A Cedar Road
Received 26 Sept 202541 King Street, Pilot House
Received 27 Feb 20241-7 Grey Friars
Received 7 Nov 202412 Wentworth Road
Received 13 Jul 2026St Georges Way, St Georges Retail Park, Unit 5
Received 24 May 202364 Cheshire Road
Received 19 Dec 2022Marwood Road, Stocking Farm Neighbourhood Centre
Received 25 Jul 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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