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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1 approved · 1,591 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 10 Jun 202585 Rowsley Street
Received 16 Dec 20258 Weatherburn Close
Received 3 Nov 202210-12 Fairfax Road
Received 20 Feb 2023Upperton Road, Leicester Rowing Club
Received 30 Aug 202230 Scarborough Road
Received 9 Jun 2023Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - East Gates Entrance
Received 19 Jun 202563 Roslyn Street
Received 5 Jun 202648 Buxton Street
Received 10 Jun 2022Spencefield Lane, St Paul’s Catholic School
Received 13 Dec 2024507 Uppingham Road
Received 13 Mar 202318 Spencefield Lane
Received 14 Dec 202223 Saxby Street, Liga House
Received 3 Jun 20265 Litelmede
Received 28 Dec 202311 Bodnant Avenue, Bodnant House
Received 6 Jan 2026Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital, Diabetes Care Unit
Received 8 Jul 2024Silver Arcade
Received 30 Dec 202416 Pitchens Close
Received 22 Sept 20234 Wigley Road
Received 23 Feb 202318 Stancliff Road
Received 27 Jun 202213-13A Biddulph Street
Received 3 Jan 2023508 Welford Road
Received 22 Aug 202481 Essex Road
Received 18 May 202328 Eastfield Road
Received 8 Nov 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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