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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1 approved · 1,603 refused · 261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 Canon Street
Received 26 May 2023605 Welford Road
Received 23 May 2025172 Spencefield Lane
Received 9 Mar 2022429 Saffron Lane
Received 5 Nov 202527 Southernhay Close
Received 18 May 202344 Oronsay Road
Received 9 Jul 202536 Sandringham Avenue
Received 28 Mar 2022Building adjacent to 5 Hammercliffe Road
Received 22 Dec 202325 Thurlington Road
Received 25 Sept 202568 Egerton Avenue
Received 26 Nov 202144 Wilberforce Road
Received 4 Dec 2025Ashton Green, Leicester Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Thurcaston Road, Leicester
Received 2 Oct 202626 De Montfort Street, Princess House
Received 19 Mar 20258-16 Pocklingtons Walk
Received 14 Jan 20252 Moccasin Avenue
Received 25 May 202282 Ocean Road
Received 16 Nov 202220 Broadway Road
Received 26 May 2023Somerset Avenue and Heacham Drive, Land between
Received 25 Nov 202295 Marston Road
Received 7 Aug 2023320 Welford Road
Received 20 Oct 20221A Belvoir Street
Received 28 Apr 202518 Bath House Lane, Highcross Units R13-14
Received 4 May 202244 Haddon Street
Received 5 Jun 20265 Ashford Court, Elmsleigh Avenue
Received 12 Aug 2026Records 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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