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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1 approved · 1,640 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
116 Granby Street
Received 9 Aug 202425 Springfield Road
Received 30 Mar 2026Western Park
Received 28 May 202420 Haymarket
Received 28 Feb 2025132 Doncaster Road
Received 10 Nov 2023429 Saffron Lane
Received 7 Dec 202358 Stoneygate Road
Received 13 Oct 2025Stonesby Court, 11 Stoneygate Road
Received 11 Apr 202472 Upperton Road
Received 23 Dec 202594 Stoneywell Road
Received 5 Aug 20261 Dorfold Walk
Received 23 Mar 202629 Stoneywell Road
Received 26 Jan 2022184 Saffron Lane
Received 26 Jul 2022131 Western Road, Albion Court
Received 17 Apr 202431 Evington Street
Received 19 Jun 20253 Holmwood Drive
Received 12 Dec 202254 Lanesborough Road
Received 2 Mar 202610 Colchester Road
Received 12 Jun 20264 Grantham Road
Received 27 Mar 202314 Westfield Road
Received 14 Feb 202229 Rosebery Street
Received 8 Mar 20221 Kingsbury Avenue
Received 12 Oct 2023128 Doncaster Road
Received 9 Dec 20226-8 Market Street
Received 13 Jul 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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