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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1 approved · 1,582 refused · 258 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Tollemache Avenue
Received 4 Jul 202340 Granby Street, Tesco Store
Received 7 Apr 202516 The Wayne Way
Received 4 Sept 202310 St Philips Road
Received 17 Sept 2024372 Uppingham Road
Received 24 Mar 2023475 Saffron Lane
Received 12 Apr 202349-51 London Road, Hind Hotel
Received 11 Dec 202341 King Street, Pilot House
Received 6 Nov 202363 Lady Hay Road
Received 3 Oct 202222 Barkby Road
Received 5 May 20266 Uxbridge Road, land adjacent
Received 8 Feb 202223 St Johns Road
Received 26 Aug 202535A Millstone Lane, Arruga House
Received 2 Dec 202166 Romway Road
Received 29 Mar 20247 Barrington Road
Received 3 Jun 202540 Hattern Avenue
Received 13 Dec 202260 Coleman Road
Received 30 Apr 202424 - 36 King Street, car park
Received 22 Jan 202640 Goodwood Crescent
Received 22 Apr 20222 The Fairway
Received 15 Dec 2025The Exchange, Eyres Monsell
Received 13 Jul 202220 Willow Brook Road
Received 19 Aug 20262 Grace Road
Received 30 Jul 2025Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital, Diabetes Care Unit
Received 11 Apr 2025Records 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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