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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1 approved · 1,675 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Apartment C 6a Ratcliffe Road, Knighton Hayes Manor
Received 4 Jan 2023Aylestone Road, Gas Site
Received 8 Feb 20228 Milton Crescent
Received 16 Jun 2025London Road, Victoria Park
Received 1 May 20251 Pocklingtons Walk
Received 19 Apr 2022Linden Primary School
Received 5 Aug 202121 Samuel Street
Received 12 Jan 202379 Moira Street
Received 23 Feb 202215 The Langhill
Received 12 Sept 20242 Calver Hey Road
Received 15 Nov 2022Melton Road , Land North of Sainsburys
Received 16 Dec 20211 Cademan Close, Brookside Court
Received 21 Mar 2024Lee Circle, Fleet House
Received 9 Feb 202421 Southampton Street
Received 30 Dec 202544 Bramall Road
Received 29 Sept 20232A New Walk
Received 11 Jul 202418 Midway Road
Received 11 May 20261 Wood Hill, International School
Received 22 Sept 2025Granville Road, De Montfort Hall
Received 10 May 2023243 Scraptoft Lane
Received 20 Oct 202515 Carisbrooke Road, Land Adjacent
Received 9 Jul 20251 Kingscliffe Crescent
Received 12 Mar 202597 Belper Street
Received 19 May 2023573 Welford Road
Received 15 Nov 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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