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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1 approved · 1,690 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Havencrest Drive
Received 17 Feb 202244 Mountcastle Road
Received 20 Feb 202639 Helena Crescent
Received 5 Dec 202310 Autumn Road
Received 26 Jan 202422 Bridge Road
Received 19 May 2023Golf Course Lane, Land to west
Received 26 Nov 202157 Rutland Street
Received 17 Jul 2023131 Davenport Road
Received 9 Feb 2026143 Humberstone Drive
Received 13 Nov 202519 Northumberland Avenue
Received 29 Jan 202427 Laurel Road
Received 19 Jun 20244 Moreton Road
Received 4 Dec 202319 Highfield Street
Received 4 Apr 202343-45 Granby Street
Received 19 Nov 202132-34 High Street
Received 29 Oct 20249 Gainsford Road
Received 31 Oct 20221 Highway Road
Received 13 May 2025114 Berners Street
Received 15 Jun 2026101 Thurncourt Road
Received 18 Sept 2026521 Abbey Lane, Mcdonald's Restaurant
Received 1 May 20264 Hemington Road
Received 19 Nov 2021Aylestone Road, Gas Site
Received 8 Feb 2022The Gateway, Hugh Aston Building Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University
Received 24 Feb 2022115 Warren Avenue
Received 1 Dec 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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