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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1 approved · 1,649 refused · 285 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Whittier Road
Received 24 Apr 202613 Knighton Fields Road East
Received 11 Jul 2023315 Saffron Lane
Received 26 Jan 20235 Castle View
Received 21 Apr 20234 Market Place, Spencer Chambers
Received 3 Nov 20212 Spinney Hill Road
Received 10 May 2022187 Trevino Drive
Received 10 Nov 202225 Linden Drive
Received 8 Apr 2024143 Loughborough Road
Received 18 Sept 2023New Romney Crescent, Scraptoft Valley Primary School
Received 2 Sept 202184 Wakerley Road
Received 29 Dec 202322 Parkside Close
Received 13 May 202244 Lyme Road
Received 5 Dec 202214 Morcom Drive and land rear of 63 Lutterworth Road
Received 17 Apr 20232-4 Gopsall Street
Received 12 Jul 2023166 Anstey Lane
Received 10 Jul 2023238 Melton Road
Received 13 Mar 202540 Severn Street
Received 12 Mar 202523 Charlock Road
Received 30 Aug 202316 Newhaven Road
Received 9 Sept 202425 Payne Street
Received 1 Apr 202680 Rotherby Avenue
Received 8 May 202355 Baldwin Road
Received 29 Apr 202410 Sandown Road
Received 1 Mar 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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