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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1 approved · 1,679 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
474 London Road, Land at rear
Received 12 Feb 20259 Springfield Road, St Johns Vicarage
Received 5 Feb 2025551 Aylestone Road
Received 28 Aug 202448-50 First Floor, Rolleston Street
Received 16 Jul 2026116 Knighton Church Road
Received 15 Feb 202315 Cromford Street
Received 13 Apr 202320 Boynton Road
Received 10 Jun 202651 Wigley Road
Received 30 May 2022Old Church Street, Meadow Court
Received 30 Oct 202515 Erith Road
Received 15 Dec 2022337 Milligan Road
Received 21 Jul 202348 Rayleigh Green
Received 9 Nov 202310 Judith Drive
Received 7 Oct 202561 Great Central Street, Global House
Received 5 Oct 202315 Belgrave Road, Leicestershire Brahma Samaj
Received 6 Mar 2026The Newry, Newry Specialist Learning Centre and Southfield Infant School, Southfields Drive
Received 30 Aug 2023362 East Park Road
Received 16 Oct 2024Kerrysdale Avenue, Wyvern Arms
Received 8 Feb 20224 Southernhay Road
Received 20 Sept 2023593 Welford Road
Received 30 Nov 2023116 Evington Lane
Received 15 Jan 202433 Elms Road
Received 5 Apr 2024Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital Brandon Unit
Received 6 Apr 202330 Monsell Drive
Received 15 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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