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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1 approved · 1,576 refused · 257 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stonesby Court, 11 Stoneygate Road
Received 26 Mar 2024181B Humberstone Road, Land at Albert Buildings
Received 14 Aug 2026Northgate Street, Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 8 Sept 202250 Yorkshire Road
Received 2 Aug 202235 St Stephens Road
Received 7 Jul 2023New Parks Crescent, Parks Primary School
Received 2 Sept 20211 Scarborough Road
Received 12 May 2022Nirankari Centre, 2A Prebend Street
Received 24 Apr 202566 Braunstone Gate
Received 12 May 202661 Cardinals Walk
Received 25 Jul 202315, 17, 21 & 23 Abingdon Road
Received 2 Oct 202319-23 Gamel Road
Received 3 Jul 202655 Willow Brook Road
Received 19 Aug 202628 Hilders Road
Received 4 Jan 202493 Kerrysdale Avenue
Received 2 Oct 20241 Westbridge Close, Westbridge Place
Received 24 Apr 2025Spence Street Swimming Pool
Received 1 Nov 202114 Wakerley Road
Received 19 Jul 202217 Halford street
Received 28 Dec 202310 South Drive
Received 28 Apr 20233 Babington Row
Received 8 Jun 202630 East Street, St Johns House
Received 30 Jan 202613 Fairholme Road
Received 3 Sept 2026266 London Road, Brookfield
Received 29 Jun 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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