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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.
1 approved · 1,692 refused · 299 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 29 Mar 2022Carisbrooke Road, Carisbrooke Tennis Club
Received 5 Aug 20258 Nevanthon Road
Received 29 Aug 20248 Overpark Avenue
Received 1 Oct 202114A Victoria Park Road
Received 13 Jun 202481 Conaglen Road
Received 5 Mar 2025111 Duncan Road
Received 27 Aug 202550 Richard III Road, Castle Mead Academy
Received 16 Oct 2025Imperial Avenue, Fullhurst Community College
Received 13 Jul 202216 Fountains Avenue
Received 8 Apr 2024233 Winstanley Drive
Received 30 Jan 202429 Penrith Road
Received 26 Jun 20239-15 Princess Road West, Bosworth House
Received 21 Mar 202411 Blanklyn Avenue
Received 18 Oct 2024University Road, University Of Leicester, Fielding Johnson Building
Received 16 Jun 202350 Evington Parks Road
Received 23 Mar 20239 Egerton Avenue
Received 7 Mar 202238 Shirley Road
Received 19 Apr 2022Lancaster Place, Leicester Fire And Rescue Station
Received 5 Aug 2022105 Melton Road
Received 16 May 202294 Arbour Road
Received 31 Mar 2026123 Abbey Lane, Prospect Works
Received 19 Jun 202519 Tetuan Road
Received 24 Jul 202487 Stafford Street
Received 29 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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