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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4 approved · 1,986 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glenfield Road, New College
Received 25 Oct 202114 Salisbury Road
Received 7 Mar 202444 Litelmede
Received 4 Mar 20256, 6a & 6b Hotel Street, 4 Market Place, 6 Market Place, 8 Market Place
Received 3 Nov 2021388 Green Lane Road
Received 11 Nov 2022109 Aylestone Drive
Received 25 Aug 202317 Norwood Road
Received 26 Apr 2021206 Queens Road
Received 8 Feb 20212 Ascot Road
Received 18 Oct 2021College Street, The Rowans
Received 12 Oct 2021161 Trevino Drive
Received 12 Oct 20214 Winchester Avenue
Received 18 May 202644 Thurnview Road
Received 21 Feb 2023545 Melton Road
Received 26 May 20214 Mallory Place
Received 2 May 2023184-186 Gipsy Lane
Received 18 Feb 2022127-133 Granby Street
Received 28 Jul 202193 Nansen Road
Received 22 Jul 202450 Flax Road
Received 14 May 2024186 Welford Road
Received 28 Jan 202510-12 Gallowtree Gate
Received 10 Jun 202269 Strathmore Avenue
Received 1 Apr 2026Painter Street, Leicester College Abbey Park Campus
Received 20 Dec 20234 The Wayne Way
Received 9 Jul 2026Records 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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