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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1 approved · 1,591 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
337 Narborough Road
Received 5 May 202317 Lindrick Drive
Received 9 Sept 202585 Border Drive
Received 8 Nov 202215 Edgefield Close
Received 2 Dec 2025Bewcastle Grove, Mowmacre Playing Fields
Received 12 Jun 202637 Cambridge Street
Received 23 May 202427-33 Ryder Road
Received 7 Dec 2022241B Mere Road
Received 15 Jul 2022188 Belper Street
Received 3 Sept 202430 Stoneygate Road, Stoneleigh Manor
Received 8 Jul 20228 Roseway
Received 17 Jan 2022Progress Way
Received 18 Sept 202429 Kingsbridge Crescent
Received 7 Jul 2022398 Welford Road
Received 26 Apr 202312 Warren Close, The Warren Stables
Received 24 Feb 2026320 Scraptoft Lane
Received 28 Jul 2025206 Braunstone Avenue
Received 2 Dec 2021360-368 Thurmaston Boulevard
Received 22 Sept 202596 Letchworth Road
Received 13 Dec 202379 Waterside Road
Received 29 Aug 202514 Mckay Avenue
Received 31 Oct 2023123 Wintersdale Road
Received 14 Mar 20225 Vaughan Road
Received 16 Jun 202296 Osmaston Road
Received 14 Mar 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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