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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1 approved · 1,600 refused · 261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
190 Humberstone Drive
Received 9 Sept 202410 Rona Gardens
Received 9 Dec 202413 Angela Drive
Received 18 Oct 20225 Lidster Close
Received 15 May 202466-68 Charles Street, Twenty Twenty
Received 4 Dec 2023367 Welford Road
Received 22 Dec 2021100 Fullhurst Avenue
Received 9 Feb 202420 Ashleigh Road
Received 30 Jan 202484 Mountcastle Road
Received 15 Jun 20264 Milverton Avenue
Received 21 Jul 202236 Kingsway Road
Received 27 Oct 202134 Kingsway Road
Received 29 Jun 2022266 London Road, Brookfield, Kingfisher House
Received 14 Apr 202315 St Bernards Avenue
Received 3 May 2022108 Lutterworth Road
Received 11 Apr 2023107A Lothair Road, Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
Received 4 Oct 202341 The Circle
Received 8 Jan 2024459-461 Aylestone Road
Received 10 Jul 202547 Goldhill
Received 1 Jun 20223 Oakland Avenue
Received 25 Mar 202211 Elmfield Avenue, Graysford Hall
Received 23 Jun 202643-49 Narborough Road
Received 6 Oct 2021214 Glenfield Road
Received 25 Apr 202213 Toller Road, Toller Road Care Home
Received 3 Jan 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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