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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1 approved · 1,636 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Rawson Street, John Woolman House
Received 15 Jan 20257 Milverton Avenue
Received 25 Apr 202257 Rutland Street
Received 21 Mar 202420 Stoughton Road
Received 30 Jun 202216 Purley Road
Received 25 Mar 20245 Granville Road
Received 31 Mar 202220 Ratcliffe Road
Received 13 Jun 2023119 Clarendon Park Road
Received 29 May 2026120 Melbourne Road, Islamic Da Wah Academy Halls of Residence
Received 30 Aug 2023242 Gwendolen Road
Received 14 Aug 202322 Stoneygate Road
Received 17 Mar 202358 Woodland Road
Received 2 May 202329 Silbury Road
Received 4 Mar 202468 Welland Vale Road
Received 1 Sept 20251-7 Grey Friars
Received 7 Nov 20241 Knights Road
Received 30 Jun 2025Savita Cottage Portland Towers
Received 7 Feb 2023145 Evington Road
Received 25 Mar 202523 Charlock Road
Received 28 Jun 202334 Mount Road
Received 25 Mar 20243 Southernhay Road
Received 18 Apr 202439 Galleywood Drive
Received 19 Nov 202152 Shalford Road
Received 2 Sept 202583a Harrison Road
Received 28 Dec 2021Records 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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