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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1 approved · 1,671 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
151 Granby Street
Received 27 Sept 2024160 Hinckley Road, Wyggestons Hospital
Received 2 Nov 2023299 Melton Road, Shree Hanuman Temple
Received 19 Jan 202463 Roseway
Received 16 Dec 2025Short Street, Car Park
Received 9 May 202339 Westminster Road
Received 25 Mar 20243 Hayling Crescent
Received 10 Mar 202342 Franklyn Road
Received 31 Jan 202228 Roseway
Received 14 Jun 2022104 Broad Avenue
Received 28 Mar 2025197-197a Martin Street, Assembly Rooms
Received 14 May 20253 Silver Walk
Received 28 Jan 202219 Hazelwood Road
Received 3 Feb 202312 Lobbs Wood Close
Received 16 Nov 202270 Davenport Road
Received 27 Apr 202661 Somerville Road
Received 11 Dec 202431: 33: 35 and 39 Whitwick Way
Received 24 Nov 2021190 Belgrave Road, Balmoral Hotel
Received 14 Sept 202242 Heyworth Road
Received 24 Feb 20222-14 Belvoir Street and 61-81 Granby Street, The Grand Hotel
Received 21 Jan 2022749 Aylestone Road
Received 29 Jul 2024Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - Church Gate Entrance
Received 24 Oct 202432 Rendell Road
Received 17 Mar 202218 Spencefield Lane
Received 18 Oct 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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