Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1 approved · 1,660 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Craven Street, Unit 6
Received 1 Aug 2025224 Uppingham Road
Received 3 May 202224 Victoria Park Road, Flat 1 and Flat 2
Received 9 Jan 20251A Milford Road
Received 18 Nov 2021Site bound by All Saints Road/ Bath Lane/ Jarvis Street and Ruding Street
Received 6 Feb 202540 Norwood Road
Received 2 May 2024507 Uppingham Road
Received 23 May 2022123 Hand Avenue
Received 22 May 20232 Woodbridge Road
Received 12 Mar 202438 Rowsley Avenue
Received 24 Mar 202387 Kincaple Road
Received 4 Feb 202257 Rutland Street
Received 18 Mar 2024Gervas Road, The Mayflower
Received 11 Jan 2024Groby Road (land to south), Stokeswood Park (land to north), Fosse Road North (land to west)
Received 5 Dec 202520 Old Church Street, The Stables
Received 8 Jun 20224A Sylvan Avenue
Received 26 Mar 2025Hawthorn Square & Mill Lane, De Montfort University, The Gateway
Received 14 Oct 202239 Shaftesbury Avenue
Received 9 Jan 202450 Dumbleton Avenue
Received 4 Apr 202325 Glendon Street
Received 15 Sept 2025103 Barkby Road, rear of
Received 17 Jul 202310 Chestnut Avenue
Received 8 Jul 202467 Nevanthon Road
Received 20 Aug 2025100 Kedleston Road
Received 14 Jun 2022Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage