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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1 approved · 1,594 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Thurlby Road
Received 3 Aug 2023St Margarets Street, St Margarets Church
Received 10 Aug 202225 Peake Road
Received 26 Jun 2025156 Belgrave Gate, Bell Gate House
Received 10 Sept 2024Flat 1, 48 Mount Road
Received 22 Sept 202628 Baldwin Road
Received 18 Aug 202233 Putney Road, Nixon Court, car park
Received 21 Dec 202142 Cardinals Walk
Received 6 Sept 202321 Tichborne Street, Markaz Quba
Received 23 Dec 2025115 Burgess Road
Received 27 Jan 2022159 Kimberley Road
Received 17 Mar 2022Meadows Way, land off
Received 29 Mar 202247 Evington Valley Road
Received 6 Oct 202512A Elmfield Avenue, Elmfield Gardens
Received 28 Feb 202431 Yorkshire Road
Received 3 May 202416 Morland Avenue
Received 29 Sept 202530 The Roundway
Received 12 Sept 202421 Knighton Road
Received 14 Apr 202552 Wainwright Avenue
Received 1 May 2024134 Evington Road
Received 29 Apr 2026Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Osborne Building
Received 18 Jun 20257 Silver Walk
Received 7 Jun 2023159 Kitchener Road
Received 17 Nov 2023100 Gainsborough Road
Received 5 Dec 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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