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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1 approved · 1,686 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Humberstone Drive
Received 26 Nov 202530 Stoneygate Road, Stoneleigh Manor
Received 5 Aug 2024Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital
Received 23 Sept 2022155 Evington Road
Received 16 May 202255 Welford Road, James House
Received 6 Jul 202282 Martival
Received 12 Aug 2022106 Berners Street
Received 11 Apr 202321 Southampton Street
Received 23 Feb 2026283 Harrison Road
Received 6 May 202645 Holkham Avenue
Received 12 Jan 202626 Dukes Drive
Received 1 Jul 2024155-157 Upperton Road
Received 17 Sept 20214 Wheat Street
Received 1 Aug 20242 Thorpewell
Received 14 Nov 20242 Sacheverel Road
Received 4 Feb 20268 Brancaster Close
Received 13 Nov 202355 Welford Road, James House
Received 9 Feb 2024University Road, University of Leicester, Fielding Johnson Building
Received 26 Oct 2022Gwendolen Road, Land at Crown Hills Community College, and Goals Soccer Centre
Received 9 Mar 202295 Keyham Lane West
Received 8 Jan 20244 Birkdale Avenue
Received 29 Jan 202653 Evington Valley Road
Received 13 Jul 20231 Charlock Road
Received 11 Feb 20226 Elm Tree Court
Received 22 May 2023Records 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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