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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1 approved · 1,692 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Herewoode Academy, Glenfield Road
Received 23 May 202536 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 2 Apr 202469 Rowley Fields Avenue
Received 6 Sept 202221 Gainsborough Road
Received 12 Mar 2026122A Charles Street, Templar House
Received 28 Nov 202368 Kedleston Road
Received 11 Jun 202690 Evington Road
Received 23 Jul 2025315 Scraptoft Lane
Received 31 Mar 202391 Charles Bennion Walk
Received 19 Mar 2025Knighton Park, depot
Received 24 Jul 2025657 Saffron Lane
Received 10 Jun 20257 Belgrave Avenue
Received 28 Jun 2024197 Kitchener Road
Received 4 Dec 202342 Barnes Close
Received 21 Mar 20244 Homemead Avenue
Received 6 Aug 2026218 Narborough Road
Received 20 Aug 2021Exploration Drive
Received 17 Apr 20236-8 Market Street
Received 13 Jul 20239-11 Marble Street
Received 6 Sept 2021171-173 London Road
Received 19 Oct 202134 Huntingdon Road
Received 13 Apr 2023Bosworth House, 9-15 Princess Road West
Received 7 Apr 2026Beaumont Way, Beaumont Shopping Centre car park
Received 11 Jul 202519 Ratcliffe Road
Received 11 May 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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