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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1 approved · 1,690 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Queens Park Way, Queens Park Care Home
Received 1 Oct 202433 Cherrybrook Close
Received 11 May 2022141 Upperton Road, Elms Park View
Received 28 Mar 20223 Mill Hill Lane
Received 22 Jul 202530 Lewisher Road
Received 17 Jun 2024131 Ratcliffe Road
Received 23 May 202292-94 Gipsy Lane
Received 16 Mar 2022106 Melbourne Road
Received 31 Jan 20242 Avonside Drive
Received 30 Mar 202629 Houlditch Road
Received 26 Oct 2021Springfield House, 2 Springfield Road
Received 29 Jun 2022KFC Car Park Belgrave Boulevard / Thurcaston Road
Received 10 Nov 2023138-140 Winstanley Drive
Received 2 Jan 202414 Beaumont Leys Lane
Received 16 Dec 202131 St Andrews Road, Chacksfield House
Received 4 Dec 20234 Speers Road
Received 18 Oct 202120 Henley Road
Received 28 Mar 2025Land adjacent to Pine Cottage, Portland Towers
Received 1 May 202588 Twickenham Road
Received 26 Jul 202319 Park Hill Drive
Received 31 Oct 202253 Church Gate
Received 30 Sept 202426 Asquith Boulevard
Received 15 Nov 2022Aikman Avenue
Received 13 Oct 202143 Wood Hill, shop
Received 17 Jul 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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