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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1 approved · 1,609 refused · 264 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Balmoral Building
Received 27 Jan 20251 Shirley Avenue
Received 6 Feb 202648A London Road, The Parcel Yard
Received 27 Jun 20239 Burnet Close
Received 15 Feb 202218 Crown Hills Avenue
Received 9 Mar 2022Vaughan Way and St. Margarets Way, land at junction
Received 19 Mar 2025193A Saffron Lane
Received 11 Sept 20232 Southland Road
Received 15 Mar 2023163 Prestwold Road
Received 9 Aug 202330 East Street, St Johns House
Received 13 Feb 2026London Road, Leicester Railway Station, Midland Main Line
Received 3 Sept 20261 Highmeres Road
Received 12 Nov 202596 Melbourne Road, Highfield Youth And Community Centre
Received 1 Jun 2023107 Granby Street, Last Plantagenet
Received 8 Jun 20225 Market Street
Received 22 Jan 20269 Bayberry Gardens
Received 16 Jul 20253 Silver Walk
Received 28 Jan 2022175 Queens Road
Received 20 Oct 202235 Bonsall Street, Bonsall Terrace
Received 24 Nov 202335 Kerrysdale Avenue
Received 11 Oct 202456 Blackbird Road
Received 20 May 202433 Overton Road (formerly The former chapel and 31 - 37 Overton Road)
Received 6 Apr 202382 Jacklin Drive
Received 4 Sept 2024472 Uppingham Road
Received 24 Nov 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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