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1 approved · 1,618 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
101 Netherhall Road
Received 1 Jun 2022150A Narborough Road
Received 15 Sept 202355 Crown Hills Avenue
Received 9 May 2024104 Carisbrooke Road
Received 10 Dec 20251 Humber Close
Received 9 Dec 202285 Woodbridge Road
Received 20 May 2022243 Scraptoft Lane
Received 23 Feb 202287 Rotherby Avenue
Received 28 Nov 202254 Lady Hay Road
Received 13 Feb 202343 Mayflower Road
Received 26 Jan 2024Fosse Road South (at junction with Cherryleas Drive)
Received 15 Jun 2023Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital
Received 16 May 2025Larch Street and Longcliffe Road
Received 24 Dec 20215-7 Evington Street
Received 16 Apr 202519-23 Burleys Way
Received 4 Jan 202216 Higgs Close
Received 24 Dec 202529 June Avenue
Received 30 Apr 202689 Upperton Road
Received 27 Jun 2023Infirmary Close
Received 12 Aug 2026Marriott Primary School, Broughton Road
Received 1 Nov 202224 Roseway
Received 4 Dec 202511 Bursom Road
Received 13 Mar 202564 Stretton Road
Received 11 Jan 20241a Tetuan Road, The Fosse Building, Flat 8
Received 18 Jan 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage