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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1 approved · 1,634 refused · 282 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Southernhay Road
Received 23 Oct 2023129 St Nicholas Circle, Holiday Inn
Received 16 May 20249 Edgehill Road
Received 2 Oct 202513 Birsmore Avenue
Received 17 Oct 202222 Ratcliffe Road
Received 16 Jul 20258 Weatherburn Close
Received 19 Dec 2022Sturdee Road, Land to rear of Medical Centre
Received 29 Jan 2026173 Belgrave Gate
Received 18 Aug 202129 Nursery Road
Received 29 Aug 2024396 Gipsy Lane, Sturgess And Thompson Repair Garage
Received 26 Nov 202157 Briarfield Drive
Received 11 Oct 202215 Stockwell Road
Received 21 Oct 2024212 Milligan Road
Received 20 Aug 20251 Holmfield Avenue
Received 23 Jul 202120 Charnor Road
Received 6 Dec 202330 Waterside Road, Unit 8 - Brush Electrical Machines LTD
Received 23 May 2025120-122 Fosse Road North
Received 13 Sept 202185 Arbour Road
Received 3 Jun 202677 Bale Road
Received 13 Jun 2022188 Kitchener Road
Received 11 Sept 202324 Blissett Road
Received 5 May 202642 Cheshire Gardens
Received 26 Jun 202559 Baldwin Road
Received 19 Dec 202355 Granby Street
Received 30 Oct 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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