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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1 approved · 1,613 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
285 Green Lane Road
Received 16 May 202348 Ratcliffe Road
Received 7 Apr 202517 Vernon Street
Received 28 Dec 202389 Wintersdale Road
Received 6 Mar 2025182 Wintersdale Road
Received 2 Apr 202519 Sturdee Road
Received 8 Mar 202328 Knighton Drive
Received 11 Jan 2023Charles Street, Central Baptist Church
Received 26 Jul 202294 Highway Road
Received 28 Jun 20249 Calder Road
Received 12 Jun 2024Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital
Received 5 Jan 202433 Wimborne Road, Land Adjacent to
Received 2 Dec 202233 Parker Drive
Received 8 Jul 202428 Arran Road
Received 6 Jun 202414 Gedding Road
Received 18 May 20264 Granby Place
Received 21 Feb 202316 Spencefield Lane
Received 3 Nov 2025Sunningdale Road, Sunningdale Road Industrial Park
Received 9 Dec 202248 Scarborough Road
Received 20 May 202281 Border Drive
Received 30 Mar 202627 Ireton Road
Received 22 Feb 2023184 Anstey Lane
Received 17 Mar 2026Imperial Building, 85 East Park Road (Ground floor commercial)
Received 31 Jan 202520 Beckingham Road
Received 17 Jul 2025Records 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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