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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4 approved · 1,988 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68-70 Evington Road
Received 28 Jan 2022Bridgemere Close, Street Record
Received 27 Apr 202646 Lutterworth Road
Received 29 Mar 20216 Blundell Road
Received 17 Mar 2021Ottawa Road
Received 20 Oct 202217 Martival
Received 4 Mar 2022186 Welford Road
Received 24 Dec 20256 Wavertree Drive
Received 30 Apr 2024156 Fosse Road North, First Floor Flat
Received 22 Sept 202247 Tetuan Road
Received 29 Jan 202179 Haddon Street
Received 4 May 202113 Welland Vale Road
Received 14 Jul 202187 Belgrave Road
Received 28 Sept 202617 Portcullis Road
Received 17 Aug 2021160 Wintersdale Road
Received 4 Nov 202536 Brettell Road
Received 29 Jan 202673 Ocean Road
Received 19 Apr 202198 Spencefield Lane
Received 18 May 202311 Abbotsford Road
Received 9 Feb 202235 Rossett Drive
Received 21 Nov 202221 Woodville Road
Received 21 Mar 20251 Boston Road
Received 28 Apr 2026Rear of 38 St James Road
Received 21 Aug 202382 Kestrel Lane
Received 24 May 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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