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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1 approved · 1,655 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
259-261 Belgrave Gate
Received 26 May 2026Market Place, Leicester Market
Received 16 Feb 2024Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary. Osborne Building (corner of Aylestone Road and Walnut Street)
Received 20 Jul 202311 Friar Lane - Eagle House
Received 21 Mar 2022Ashton Green, Leicester Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Thurcaston Road, Leicester
Received 25 Aug 2026593 Welford Road
Received 8 Dec 2023169 Catherine Street
Received 8 Dec 202369 Copdale Road
Received 30 Sept 20224 Stoughton Avenue
Received 4 Oct 20241A Narborough Road
Received 8 Sept 202559 Barton Road
Received 30 Nov 2021150 Knighton Road, College Court
Received 14 Feb 2022336A Harrison Road
Received 10 Nov 20227 Hill Rise
Received 14 Apr 2023162 Downing Drive
Received 31 Mar 202615 Lintlaw Close
Received 18 Jul 2023157 Ethel Road
Received 26 Jan 2026226-228 Narborough Road
Received 10 Sept 202136 Yorkshire Road
Received 29 Aug 2023Freeman Road North, Rear Of 102, Builders Yard And Stores
Received 9 Aug 202318 Baldwin Road
Received 29 Aug 202372 Upperton Road
Received 26 Nov 2021University Road, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College
Received 21 Sept 202361 Broadway Road
Received 31 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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