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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1 approved · 1,659 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Valence Road
Received 15 Aug 2025207 Scraptoft Lane
Received 3 Apr 202365 Hinckley Road
Received 7 May 20241 Hopefield Road
Received 24 Oct 2022614 Welford Road
Received 1 Dec 2025115 Northdene Road
Received 8 Feb 2022279 Green Lane Road
Received 1 May 202431 Bushby Road
Received 1 Dec 20231 Margam Close
Received 4 Feb 20223 Harrow Road
Received 4 Apr 202536 & 38 Market Place, Odeon Arcade
Received 9 Sept 202487 Kincaple Road
Received 26 May 202256 Kitchener Road
Received 9 Nov 202234 Highway Road
Received 22 Mar 2022Filbert Way, pavement outside Holiday Inn Express
Received 20 Jul 20234 Westfield Road
Received 26 Jul 20231 Holmfield Avenue, Land adjacent to
Received 24 Oct 202214 Springfield Road
Received 26 Aug 2025128 Doncaster Road
Received 7 Apr 202511 Poppy Close
Received 31 May 202231 Keble Road
Received 19 Feb 202429 Normanton Road
Received 9 May 2022319 Raglan Court, Flat 1, London Road
Received 23 Jan 202533 Overton Road, Site Of
Received 8 Dec 2025Records 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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