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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1 approved · 1,687 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32, 34 & 36 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 20 Jan 202327 Limber Crescent
Received 26 Feb 202462 Knighton Drive
Received 12 Oct 2023144 Wintersdale Road
Received 23 Dec 202231 Saxthorpe Road
Received 9 Jun 202248 Netherhall Road
Received 3 Oct 2025259-261 Belgrave Gate
Received 26 May 2026207 Uppingham Road
Received 14 Feb 20248 Stoneygate Avenue
Received 7 Feb 2022380 Aylestone Road, Alston House
Received 25 Oct 202458 Sedgebrook Road
Received 28 Feb 202542 Sutton Avenue
Received 27 Jul 20227 Burnet Close
Received 7 Sept 2023Armadale Drive, Al-Marifah Academy
Received 28 Nov 20237 Peacock Lane, St Martins House
Received 4 Sept 202361 Knighton Church Road
Received 8 Sept 202269 Market Place
Received 22 Jun 2022120 Belgrave Gate
Received 19 Dec 202482-84 Humberstone Gate, 2-2A Wharf Street South
Received 9 May 202234 Braunstone Avenue
Received 19 May 2022Site Of 18 Spencefield Lane
Received 22 Oct 202575 Shanklin Drive
Received 4 Sept 2026171-173 London Road
Received 22 Apr 2025614 Welford Road, Welford Road Playing Fields After
Received 18 Jun 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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