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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1 approved · 1,567 refused · 257 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 The Portwey
Received 8 Aug 202447 Swithland Avenue
Received 13 Dec 202116 Brookhouse Avenue
Received 31 May 2023555 Saffron Lane
Received 9 Mar 2026147 Lutterworth Road
Received 31 Jan 20234 Exmoor Avenue
Received 2 Oct 202674 Henley Road
Received 1 Feb 202315 Chatteris Avenue
Received 1 Feb 202249 Woodville Road
Received 12 Apr 202295 Willow Brook Road
Received 5 Apr 2023103 Main Street
Received 22 Mar 20241 Westminster Road
Received 12 Feb 202482 Heacham Drive
Received 25 Oct 202326-30 Millstone Lane, Millstone House
Received 6 Mar 202618 Beechwood Close
Received 23 Sept 202422 Oak Street
Received 2 Oct 20235 Speedwell Drive
Received 28 Apr 202544 Thurncourt Road
Received 26 Jan 202436 Grantham Road
Received 20 Apr 202389 Kingsway Road
Received 17 Dec 2021116 London Road
Received 25 Aug 202256 Thurnview Road
Received 31 Mar 202513 Marina Road
Received 30 Jan 202348 Elmfield Avenue
Received 4 Apr 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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