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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1 approved · 1,692 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Bath House Lane, Unit R3 Highcross
Received 14 Aug 202622 Bolsover Street
Received 17 Apr 202316 Bewcastle Grove
Received 12 May 202252 Jermyn Street
Received 22 Jun 2026137 Harrison Road
Received 4 Aug 202547 Flax Road
Received 28 Jun 202332 Blundell Road
Received 22 Jun 2022173 Ambleside Drive
Received 24 Jun 2025426 East Park Road
Received 18 Mar 202516 Taunton Road
Received 15 Oct 2024180 Hillsborough Road
Received 11 Apr 20244-6 New Street
Received 1 Jun 202218 Stanley Drive
Received 31 Aug 20238 Baronet Way
Received 28 Nov 20233 Willow Brook Road
Received 19 Aug 20264 Malabar Road, Kocha House
Received 6 Dec 202125 Charlock Road
Received 18 Mar 202270 Avebury Avenue
Received 25 Jul 202338 Canterbury Terrace
Received 22 May 20231 Romway Avenue
Received 21 Feb 202230 Knighton Drive
Received 25 Apr 202284 Knighton Road
Received 21 Jun 2022122a – 182 Western Road
Received 14 May 202643 Stoughton Road
Received 24 Mar 2022Records 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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