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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.
4 approved · 1,957 refused · 368 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25A Stoughton Street South
Received 16 Sept 202166 Cobden Street
Received 15 Jan 202425 Perkyn Road
Received 25 Apr 202215A Southernhay Road
Received 29 Oct 2024Rutland Street, St Georges Church
Received 6 Feb 2025231A Narborough Road
Received 26 Sept 202550 Harris Road
Received 1 Aug 202577 Knighton Drive
Received 10 Oct 2023Harrison Road, Rushey Fields Recreation Ground
Received 30 Aug 2022553 Welford Road
Received 20 Apr 2023129 Wigston Lane
Received 2 Dec 20217 Barrington Road
Received 21 Nov 2025329 London Road
Received 14 Apr 2026266 London Road, Brookfield, Brookfield House
Received 26 Apr 20213 Belvoir Street
Received 28 Apr 2025Land Rear of 33 Westfield Road
Received 27 Sept 202245 Parkstone Road
Received 21 Mar 2025350 Scraptoft Lane
Received 28 May 2026197 Scraptoft Lane
Received 16 Aug 2024135 Davenport Road
Received 18 Apr 2024110 Marwood Road
Received 14 Jan 2022Humberstone Heights Golf Club
Received 13 Sept 202122A Staveley Road
Received 20 Jan 202148 Elmfield Avenue
Received 28 Aug 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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