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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1 approved · 1,608 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hazel Street, Hazel Community Primary School
Received 30 Sept 202414 Sulgrave Road
Received 15 Jul 2024Land between Somerset Avenue and Heacham Drive
Received 4 Nov 202250 Harris Road
Received 22 May 202354 Alton Road
Received 10 Nov 202329 Sparkenhoe Street, Caribbean Court Day Centre
Received 6 Jul 20239 Headland Road
Received 19 Feb 2024Uppingham Road Health Centre, 131 Uppingham Road
Received 30 Aug 202331 Wheatley Road
Received 2 Sept 202211 Manston Close
Received 3 Nov 202574 Lydford Road
Received 16 Nov 2021108 Belgrave Gate
Received 9 Nov 202140 Chapel Lane
Received 31 Jan 202447 Bath Street
Received 2 Feb 202232 - 34 Stoneygate Road
Received 3 Jan 2023Market Place, Leicester Market
Received 16 Jan 2024299 Scraptoft Lane
Received 3 Jun 2024Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - High Street Entrance
Received 24 Oct 202466 Winchester Avenue
Received 31 Jul 202628 St Barnabas Road, Barnabas Hall
Received 15 Sept 202211 Woodbridge Road
Received 15 Jan 202416 Southernhay Road
Received 16 Feb 202214 Springfield Road
Received 13 Nov 2025Bursom Road, Walkers Snack Foods Ltd
Received 18 Aug 2021Records 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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