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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1 approved · 1,661 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Charlock Road
Received 22 Mar 20241 Belvoir Street
Received 28 Apr 202512 Knighton Park Road, The Hawthorns
Received 8 Sept 2022130-134 East Park Road
Received 27 Sept 2021193A Saffron Lane
Received 22 May 2024Beaumont Way, Beaumont Shopping Centre Car Park
Received 4 Sept 20247 Brampton Avenue
Received 19 Mar 2024Kenwood Road, Carisbrooke Tennis Club
Received 29 Sept 202111 Arncliffe Road
Received 15 May 2023Davenport Road, Land adjacent to Spencefield Grange
Received 4 Apr 202379 London Road, Land Outside
Received 7 Aug 202637-37a Abingdon Road
Received 24 Feb 20257 Chadderton Close
Received 2 Jun 202523 Shirley Street
Received 23 Jan 202317 Vernon Street
Received 8 Feb 2024347 Catherine Street
Received 30 Nov 202368 Oak Street
Received 19 Aug 20263-5 Francis Street
Received 26 Sept 20251-3 Tudor Close, rear of
Received 1 Nov 202133 Pollard Road
Received 18 Aug 2021Land at Highcross Street, Great Central Street and All Saints Open
Received 30 Nov 202253 Blackbird Road
Received 21 Jul 2023153-155 Melton Road
Received 21 Dec 202339 Lower Keyham Lane
Received 4 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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