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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1 approved · 1,675 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Hinckley Road
Received 18 May 202399 Prestwold Road
Received 22 Dec 2022Melton Road, Land to north of Sainsbury's
Received 15 Feb 2023161B Barkby Road
Received 22 Dec 2025Stoughton Lane, Sunnydale
Received 27 Mar 202322 Deacon Street
Received 2 Sept 202247 Swithland Avenue
Received 13 Dec 20215 North Drive
Received 4 May 2023414-416 Groby Road, Car Showroom
Received 25 Mar 202622 Markland
Received 29 Jun 2022137 Wilberforce Road
Received 24 Oct 2023327 London Road
Received 28 Sept 20234 Kintyre Drive
Received 25 Aug 202264 Ocean Road
Received 18 Mar 202447 Evington Parks Road
Received 10 May 2024Unit 3 Northbridge Works, Storey Street
Received 18 Oct 202125-27 Lincoln Street; rear of
Received 28 Mar 202289 Vaughan Way, pavement opposite
Received 18 Aug 202611 Wyvern Avenue
Received 18 Sept 202339 Averil Road
Received 27 Mar 202571-73 Belgrave Road
Received 24 Dec 202111 Victors Close
Received 20 Nov 202554 Cashmore View
Received 2 Oct 20247-11 Yeoman Street, The Hub
Received 1 Aug 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.
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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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