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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1 approved · 1,645 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2-4 Haymarket
Received 4 Apr 202417A Duxbury Road
Received 8 Dec 202143 Shirley Road
Received 17 Aug 202134 Latimer Street
Received 26 Feb 2024111 Shackerdale Road, Aberdale Inn
Received 29 Jun 202624 Tolcarne Road
Received 2 Aug 202440 Meynell Road
Received 7 Oct 202616 Hotel Street The City Rooms
Received 20 Jun 202210 St Philips Road
Received 3 Jun 202685 Edgehill Road
Received 27 Jun 2022123 Hand Avenue
Received 10 Aug 202349 Forest Road
Received 23 Sept 2021219 Clarendon Park Road, Leicester Sikh Centre, land adj to 92 Adderley Road
Received 3 Jun 202518 Welland Vale Road
Received 22 Jan 20249-11 Marble Street
Received 2 Mar 202296 Coleman Road
Received 12 May 20267 Porlock Street
Received 29 Apr 20261 Tennis Court Drive
Received 5 Apr 202333 Tewkesbury Street
Received 30 Nov 202118 Hardys Avenue
Received 22 Apr 20258 Bramcote Road
Received 7 Mar 202535 Knighton Drive, Calbri Court
Received 19 Apr 202293 Marsden Lane
Received 12 Feb 202646 Myrtle Road
Received 22 Sept 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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