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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1 approved · 1,665 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Market Place, Leicester Market
Received 13 Mar 202357 Rutland Street
Received 13 Mar 20239 Meredith Road
Received 15 Aug 202335 Westleigh Road, Helen Webb House
Received 16 Jun 202319 Brent Knowle Gardens
Received 11 Feb 20225 Gypsum Close, Household Waste Recycling Centre, Shop
Received 11 Oct 202121 Knighton Road
Received 2 Jul 202570 Ireton Road
Received 30 Sept 202417 Crown Hills Rise
Received 19 Jun 2026380 Green Lane Road
Received 16 Dec 202499 Westcotes Drive
Received 28 Jan 202630 Sunnycroft Road, Land adj
Received 13 Mar 202339 Raywell Road
Received 20 Oct 202577 Stonesby Avenue
Received 28 Oct 2024174 Trevino Drive
Received 12 Apr 202415 Crown Hills Avenue
Received 17 Nov 20216 New Romney Crescent
Received 17 Apr 20246 Lymington Road
Received 4 Mar 202517 Evington Drive
Received 28 Dec 202358 Regent Road (rear of) and 23 Rawson Street
Received 21 Jun 202353A Belgrave Road and 53 Belgrave Road
Received 27 Mar 20236 Fosse Road South, Gordon House
Received 18 Dec 2025Blackbird Road, Ian Marlow Centre
Received 10 Apr 20241B Blackmore Drive
Received 24 Jan 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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