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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1 approved · 1,580 refused · 258 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Peacock Lane
Received 14 Apr 20268 Holywell Road
Received 1 Jul 202273 Cardinals Walk
Received 29 Oct 202475 Market Place
Received 18 Jan 202358 Oak Street
Received 19 Aug 202629 Humberstone Drive
Received 12 Jul 202448 Gough Road
Received 7 Sept 202248 Kerrysdale Avenue
Received 16 Jul 20241 Garrick Walk, Haymarket Theatre
Received 18 Jan 202286-92 Regent Road, Enkalon House
Received 1 Dec 202266 Ocean Road
Received 28 Oct 202216 Chadderton Close
Received 16 Mar 2023101 Nicklaus Road
Received 3 Dec 2024136-138 Evington Road
Received 17 Oct 2024The Glen, Hillsborough Road
Received 6 Feb 2025The Coach House, 1a Victoria Terrace
Received 28 Nov 202338 Raywell Road
Received 16 Jun 2026510 Melton Road
Received 10 May 20222A New Walk
Received 17 Jun 202582 Withcote Avenue
Received 7 Feb 2024Meadows Way, land off
Received 8 Aug 2024Land and Buildings on the East Side of Old Mill Lane, (Formerly) 81-95 Sanvey Gate
Received 24 Dec 20241-7 Cherry Orchard Court (Former council depot and garage site to the rear of 142 - 152 Whitteney Drive South)
Received 7 Dec 2022188 Belgrave Road
Received 27 Mar 2023Records 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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