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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1 approved · 1,674 refused · 292 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Cross Hedge Close
Received 20 Oct 2025367 Uppingham Road
Received 8 Feb 20223A Knighton Grange Road
Received 14 Apr 20253 Alcester Drive
Received 11 Jul 202543 Lutterworth Road
Received 8 Sept 202128 Mill Hill Lane
Received 12 Feb 2024Keightley Road (numbers: 113, 125, 127, 144, 150)
Received 16 Dec 2022257 Belgrave Gate
Received 21 Jan 2026155 Humberstone Drive, Old Humberstone Constitutional Club
Received 26 Aug 2022Highfields Adventure Playground, Spinney Hill Park, Mere Road
Received 23 Mar 202643 Shirley Road
Received 31 Jan 202442 Avenue Road
Received 1 Jan 20245 Harold Street
Received 19 Jan 202317 Halford Street
Received 28 Sept 202360 Penrith Road
Received 18 Sept 2023Ashton Green, Leicester Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Thurcaston Road, Leicester
Received 3 Jun 20261 Market Place, Corn Exchange
Received 13 Nov 202423 St Johns Road
Received 12 Mar 202679 Evington Lane
Received 15 May 20234 Rayleigh Green
Received 11 Sept 20244 Gatenby Close
Received 29 May 202440 Bonsall Street
Received 8 Jan 202418A Scott Street, Millgate School
Received 23 May 20234-10 Macdonald Road
Received 20 Mar 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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