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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1 approved · 1,690 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Tamar Road
Received 21 Feb 2022440 Uppingham Road
Received 12 Jan 2022112 Melrose Street, Garage Court After
Received 28 May 20252 Northumberland Avenue
Received 27 Jun 2023Springfield Road Health Centre, Springfield Road
Received 3 Jul 2026196 Evington Road
Received 28 Sept 2021106 Melbourne Road
Received 14 Feb 20232 Southland Road
Received 18 Nov 20215 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 15 Mar 202415 Thorpewell
Received 4 Sept 2023152 Wintersdale Road
Received 4 Aug 202619-23 Burleys Way
Received 14 Sept 202238 Somers Road
Received 21 Sept 202231 Greenacre Drive
Received 28 Apr 2025Richard III Road, Castle Mead Academy
Received 2 Nov 202322 Wintersdale Road
Received 24 Dec 202414 Sackville Gardens
Received 23 Dec 2021Hospital Close 15-63 (odd), 18-28(even) and 48-54 (even)
Received 29 Jul 2025Land at Hillview, 1B Blackmore Drive
Received 7 Oct 202469 Barfoot Road
Received 9 Sept 202155 Duxbury Road
Received 28 Oct 202420 Southernhay Road
Received 29 Mar 2022130 Nedham Street
Received 5 Jun 20269 Edgbaston Close
Received 9 Nov 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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