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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4 approved · 1,992 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Welford Road, Reynard House
Received 29 Sept 202117 Botley Walk
Received 9 Sept 202271 Princess Road West, Waterloo House & 80 Regent Road, Regent House and Land to south of Regent Road between Tigers Way & West Street
Received 22 Nov 2023114A Howard Road
Received 9 Sept 202429 Rosebery Street
Received 22 Dec 2022133 & 135 Shanklin Drive
Received 20 Sept 202267 Surrey Street, Unit G
Received 7 Jul 202520 Rawson Street, John Woolman House
Received 5 Apr 202436 King Street, Kings Head
Received 22 Oct 202122 Avenue Road
Received 31 Aug 2022186 Melton Road, Telephone Exchange
Received 3 Jun 20251 Blackbird Road
Received 10 Feb 2025Ashfield Road, Brookfield Bowling and Social Club
Received 1 Dec 202117 Havencrest Drive
Received 6 Jul 202635 St Stephens Road
Received 4 Dec 20231A Sandringham Avenue
Received 30 Aug 20248 Somerset Avenue
Received 14 May 202465 Percy Road
Received 1 Jun 202343 Wyvern Avenue
Received 28 Jun 202263 Howard Road
Received 5 Dec 2023100 Moores Road
Received 5 Feb 202432 West Avenue
Received 10 Apr 2024257-259 Belgrave Gate
Received 24 Nov 20252 Ashleigh Road
Received 18 Aug 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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