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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1 approved · 1,620 refused · 272 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Uppingham Road
Received 10 Mar 20237 Francis Street
Received 28 Aug 202425 Rotherby Avenue
Received 11 Mar 202516 Elmfield Avenue
Received 24 Jul 20232 Uppingham Road
Received 11 Apr 2022Ulverscroft Road, Bostik Ltd
Received 17 Feb 2025Gwendolen Road, Crown Hills Community College
Received 11 Feb 2022111 Liberty Road
Received 20 Apr 20225A Knighton Park Road
Received 11 Jul 2024384 Uppingham Road
Received 12 Dec 2022384 Uppingham Road
Received 9 Jul 2025Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital
Received 8 Apr 202244 Stoneygate Road
Received 8 Jul 202290 Highcross Street
Received 11 Nov 20212 Scott Street
Received 22 Dec 2022548 Welford Road
Received 24 May 202472 New Walk
Received 30 Dec 202143 Ashfield Road
Received 28 Feb 2023Unit 1a Ground Floor Faraday Works, Temple Road
Received 3 Jan 202328 Oakside Crescent
Received 15 Mar 202345 Barbara Avenue
Received 20 Apr 2026181 Charles Street
Received 5 Dec 202577 Broad Avenue
Received 10 Jun 2024Corporation Road, Leicester University Space Park
Received 3 Feb 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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