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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4 approved · 1,968 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
422 Uppingham Road
Received 22 Dec 2023125 Coleman Road
Received 9 Apr 2021121 Spencefield Lane
Received 23 May 2023Hazelbrook Care Home, 5 Priestley Road
Received 16 Sept 2025Glenfield Hospital N H S Trust, east entrance, Glenfrith Way
Received 7 Oct 202136 Thurnview Road
Received 24 Feb 2022328 Gwendolen Road
Received 15 Sept 2026Regent Road, Regent College
Received 15 Jul 20251 Andrewes Street
Received 20 Feb 2023313 Saffron Lane
Received 2 Aug 202338 Lincoln Street
Received 18 Dec 202331 Charter Street, Leicester Community Sports Arena
Received 2 Feb 202341 Western Park Road
Received 10 Oct 20225 Brian Road
Received 18 Oct 2021Fabric 19 Yeoman Street
Received 6 Aug 202629 Bushby Road
Received 19 Mar 2025Wyngate Drive, grass verge
Received 4 Jul 2022Site of Former Market Hall, Beaumont Leys
Received 28 Aug 202545 Shrewsbury Avenue
Received 2 Mar 2022467 Welford Road, Shop
Received 25 Jun 2021147 Green Lane Road
Received 16 Feb 2023263-265 Abbey Lane, Broadway Hotel
Received 12 Nov 202524 Meadowsweet Road
Received 10 Oct 202315 Tichborne Street
Received 5 Feb 2021Records 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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