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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1 approved · 1,607 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
289 London Road
Received 12 Feb 202455 London Road
Received 10 Nov 202340 Braunstone Lane East, Ellesmere College
Received 20 Feb 20238 Wicklow Drive
Received 7 Nov 202514 Toller Road
Received 6 Mar 2023Painter Street, Leicester College Abbey Park Campus
Received 29 Jan 202432 De Montfort Street
Received 18 May 202379 Lutterworth Road
Received 18 Dec 202528 St Barnabas Road, Barnabas Hall
Received 26 May 2022106 Carisbrooke Road
Received 8 Sept 2025Pendlebury Drive Blocks of Flats
Received 6 Oct 20215 Belvoir Drive
Received 24 Nov 20232 Broadway Road
Received 13 Feb 202431 Humberstone Gate, Haymarket Towers
Received 1 May 202598 Osmaston Road
Received 15 Aug 202323 St Helens Drive
Received 30 May 202333 Highbury Road
Received 18 Feb 202294 Fosse Lane, St Clements Court,
Received 24 Nov 202182-84 Humberstone Gate, 2-2A Wharf Street South
Received 29 Sept 202114 Jarvis Street
Received 11 Sept 2023340 Humberstone Lane
Received 1 Aug 20254 Phoenix Square, Phoenix Arts Media Centre
Received 13 Apr 202231 Holmfield Avenue
Received 11 Jul 202240 Evington Valley Road
Received 23 Feb 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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