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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1 approved · 1,561 refused · 257 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East of Beaumont Lodge Road
Received 23 Nov 202175 Kedleston Road
Received 9 Sept 202420 Highfield Street
Received 14 Oct 202215 Dunholme Road
Received 20 Aug 20247 Chancel Road
Received 15 Oct 20259 Holy Bones, Guru Nanak Gurdwara
Received 7 Nov 202225 Peake Road
Received 6 May 20251 Marsh Close
Received 19 Oct 2022102 London Road
Received 13 Oct 202315 Belgrave Road, Leicestershire Brahma Samaj
Received 19 Apr 202422 Dovedale Road
Received 17 May 202335-37 Church Gate
Received 17 Aug 2023Coleman Primary School
Received 15 Nov 202131 Clarefield Road
Received 13 Feb 2024182 Thurncourt Road
Received 15 Feb 202323 Staveley Road
Received 26 May 2023110-118 Evington Road
Received 15 Jan 20267 Duncombe Road
Received 19 Nov 20251 Elms Road
Received 18 Mar 20258-20 St Peters Road, Petrol Filling Station
Received 5 Mar 202416 Rendell Road, Sri Vedmata Gayatri Pariwar
Received 29 Jul 20242 Melton Road
Received 24 Jun 202514-16 Wellington Street, Telephone Exchange
Received 29 Feb 202444 Tennis Court Drive
Received 21 May 2024Records 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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