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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1 approved · 1,637 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Lavender Road
Received 6 Dec 202115 Stoneygate Road
Received 26 Nov 202580 St Margarets Way
Received 26 Jun 202530 Eastleigh Road
Received 20 Sept 202250 Almond Road
Received 27 May 20261-13 Granby Street
Received 3 Jan 20257 Southernhay Road
Received 20 Mar 20244 Woodside Close
Received 2 May 2024141 Vernon Road
Received 10 Sept 202419 Beaumont Leys Lane
Received 17 Feb 202516 Sheridan Street
Received 29 Nov 20233 Orsett Close
Received 14 Jan 202510 Brewer Close
Received 14 Jul 202543 The Circle
Received 28 Sept 2023102 Humberstone Drive
Received 14 Feb 202361-63 Bardolph Street
Received 20 Jun 2022144 Duncan Road
Received 8 Jun 2026118 Evington Valley Road
Received 30 Mar 202681-83 Clarendon Park Road
Received 4 May 202366 Narborough Road
Received 15 Jan 2024Abbey Park Road, Former Advanced Tapes and Bus Depot
Received 22 Sept 202140 Egginton Street
Received 13 Oct 2023144 Coleman Road
Received 24 Feb 202568 High Street
Received 8 Dec 2022Records 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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