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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1 approved · 1,679 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Polebrook Close
Received 31 Jan 202514 Greenside Place
Received 14 Apr 202651 Farringdon Street
Received 24 Jun 20262 Broadway Road
Received 23 Sept 2022Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital N H S Trust Leicester LE3 9QP
Received 5 Apr 20235 Camden Street
Received 14 Feb 202487 Buckminster Road
Received 12 Apr 2024113 Burfield Street
Received 2 Oct 202334 Clarendon Park Road
Received 3 Sept 202518 Mendip Avenue
Received 16 Apr 202593 Overton Road
Received 3 Jul 2023222 Netherhall Road
Received 17 Apr 2023St Barnabas C Of E Primary School
Received 1 Nov 202112 The Approach
Received 28 Mar 2024University Road, Wyggeston And Queen Elizabeth I College
Received 9 Dec 2024103A Green Lane Road
Received 13 Sept 2024130 Wolverton Road
Received 2 Dec 202125 Purley Road
Received 22 Nov 202346 Bridge Road
Received 14 May 202644 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 22 Jan 202529 Lancaster Street
Received 4 Oct 2021109 Narborough Road
Received 8 Jul 2025143 Gooding Avenue, land adj
Received 5 Oct 202330 Chaucer Street
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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