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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1 approved · 1,677 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Mantle Road
Received 6 Sept 202148 Wiltshire Road
Received 13 Jun 2025169 Trevino Drive
Received 6 Mar 202327 Evington Valley Road
Received 25 Jul 2022109 Davenport Road
Received 28 Oct 202251 Wycombe Road
Received 10 Jun 2022New Parks Crescent, Parks Primary School
Received 3 Jun 202622 Avoca Close
Received 7 Feb 202216 Quorn Road
Received 17 Apr 202341 Yorkshire Road
Received 26 Oct 2023263-265 Abbey Lane, Broadway Hotel
Received 6 Mar 2023Ravensbridge Drive, BT Depot
Received 17 Aug 2023422C Uppingham Road
Received 8 Jan 20245 Cransley Close
Received 20 Oct 2025Marwood Road, Stocking Farm Neighbourhood Centre
Received 15 Jul 202671A Melbourne Road
Received 27 Mar 2023Northgate Street and Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 22 Dec 202163 Lancashire Street
Received 10 Jan 2024313A Scraptoft Lane
Received 11 Jul 202221 Winton Avenue
Received 14 May 2024111 Shackerdale Road, Aberdale Inn
Received 12 Mar 202629A Craighill Road
Received 3 Aug 2026University Road, Wyggeston And Queen Elizabeth I College
Received 9 Dec 2024110 Wyngate Drive
Received 22 Jan 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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