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1 approved · 1,622 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
492 Groby Road
Received 11 Aug 202525 Birsmore Avenue
Received 24 Nov 202533 High Street
Received 2 Jan 20254 Hazeldene Road
Received 20 Jul 2022Aikman Avenue, Western Fire Station
Received 28 Jun 202255 St Margarets Way
Received 6 Aug 202475 New Fields Avenue
Received 13 Feb 20255 Harold Street
Received 26 Nov 2021240 Hinckley Road
Received 27 Jan 202323 Hall Lane
Received 29 Jun 2022341 London Road, Martin House
Received 3 Aug 202259 St Ives Road
Received 30 Apr 20241A Acorn Street
Received 8 Dec 2022136-138 Melton Road
Received 17 Jul 202551 Oakside Crescent
Received 29 Apr 202632 Badminton Road
Received 5 Oct 2023138 Spencefield Lane
Received 24 Jan 202334A Rowsley Street, Rowsley Garage
Received 4 Jan 202235-37 Narborough Road
Received 25 Apr 202314 Laithwaite Close
Received 30 May 202598 Heather Road
Received 9 Aug 2022126 Uppingham Road,Anita Jane Lodge
Received 14 Aug 202659 Stillington Crescent
Received 30 May 2025Silver Arcade
Received 21 Jan 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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