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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1 approved · 1,596 refused · 261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
369 London Road
Received 7 May 202450 Moira Street
Received 20 Dec 202324 Roslyn Street
Received 4 Dec 2023132-140 Highcross Street and rear of 61 Great Central Street
Received 20 Jun 202540 Highfield Street
Received 3 Nov 202358 Derwent Street
Received 5 Jun 2026Jubilee Square
Received 8 Jul 202215 Southernhay Close
Received 23 Mar 2026Braunstone Evangelical Free Church
Received 22 Mar 202316 Kincraig Road
Received 9 Mar 202222 Lymington Road
Received 4 Jul 202262 Naseby Road
Received 3 Jan 202441 King Street, Pilot House
Received 17 Jul 20231 St Michaels Avenue
Received 8 Oct 202579 Willow Brook Road
Received 28 Feb 202359 Friar Lane and land adjacent
Received 15 Sept 202236 Queniborough Road
Received 20 Jun 20225 Litelmede
Received 2 Jan 202442 Grantham Road
Received 31 Mar 2026132-140 Highcross Street and rear of 61 Great Central Street
Received 6 May 20223 Gas Street, Jaswal Building, Units 1 And 2
Received 1 Oct 202416 Oakwood Road
Received 10 Dec 202584 Halstead Street
Received 21 Oct 202512 Avoca Close
Received 11 Jul 2024Records 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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