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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1 approved · 1,589 refused · 258 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Stoneygate Avenue
Received 19 Jun 2024The Gateway, De Montfort University
Received 2 Dec 2021133 Mere Road
Received 14 Oct 202554 Heatherbrook Road
Received 1 Aug 202220 Ratcliffe Road
Received 1 Nov 202215 Stonebridge Street
Received 27 Jun 202332 Ratcliffe Road
Received 6 Dec 202320 Billesdon Close
Received 4 May 20234 Kilmelford Close
Received 11 Jun 202510 Kegworth Avenue
Received 20 Jun 202225 Shirley Road
Received 19 Oct 202244 Yorkshire Road
Received 5 Jun 2023103 Fosse Road South
Received 3 Oct 202214 Flatholme Road
Received 15 Jul 2024123 London Road, The Lansdowne
Received 20 Jul 20227 Rectory Gardens
Received 29 Apr 202510 Ashton Business Park, Ashton Close
Received 25 Apr 20242A Stoneygate Road, The Lawns
Received 18 Feb 2026252 St Saviours Road
Received 7 Mar 20241 Allandale Road
Received 22 Dec 2022Corporation Road, Abbey Pumping Station Museum
Received 26 Nov 20217 Great Arler Road
Received 17 Jun 202637 St Stephens Road
Received 29 Apr 202218 Sandown Road
Received 24 Mar 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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