Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1 approved · 1,614 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Braunstone Lane East, Premier Travel Inn
Received 6 Oct 202547 Morris Road
Received 2 Jun 2023282 Scraptoft Lane
Received 19 Jan 2024446 Welford Road
Received 30 Apr 202680 Ireton Road
Received 13 Jan 20265 Market Street
Received 23 Sept 2025294 Uppingham Road
Received 28 Mar 20231-7 Grey Friars
Received 20 Mar 2026126 Westcotes Drive
Received 22 Sept 202517 Meynell Road
Received 7 Oct 2026Rowley Fields Petrol Filling Station, 510 Narborough Road
Received 30 Apr 202646 Mickleton Drive
Received 25 Jul 202314 Bannerman Road
Received 23 Nov 2021124 Wyngate Drive
Received 23 Feb 202220-22 Church Gate
Received 29 May 202523 Hazel Street
Received 12 Jun 202699 Norwich Road
Received 11 Aug 2025Land Adjoining, 393 Aylestone Road
Received 10 Jul 202420 Radar Road
Received 6 Jun 20241 Deepdale
Received 16 Jun 20227 Southernhay Road
Received 26 Sept 2023114 Granby Street, Land Outside
Received 7 Aug 202654 Ratcliffe Road, The Knowle
Received 15 Nov 202134 Barton Road
Received 16 Sept 2024Records 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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