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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1 approved · 1,693 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Sandown Road
Received 26 Aug 202532 Byway Road
Received 18 Nov 202432 Ratcliffe Road
Received 12 Jun 202381 Wakerley Road
Received 25 Nov 202485 Jean Drive
Received 6 Feb 202328F Monsell Drive
Received 6 Feb 202538 Blackbird Road
Received 4 Feb 2022112 Melrose Street, Garage Court After
Received 22 Nov 2023Sandfield Close, Sandfield Close Primary School
Received 19 Aug 2021Charnor Road, Forest Lodge Education Centre
Received 22 Apr 20244 Westernhay Road, Lawn Tennis Club
Received 5 May 202625 Welbeck Avenue
Received 1 Jun 2026101 Knighton Fields Road West
Received 24 May 202421 Freemens Common Road
Received 9 Jan 2025Knighton Lane East, Aylestonians Rugby Football Club
Received 25 Mar 20243 Wetherby Road
Received 10 Sept 2025149 Doncaster Road
Received 14 Jan 2022327 Uppingham Road
Received 26 Feb 2024252 Humberstone Road
Received 29 Aug 20235 Bowling Green Street
Received 11 Jul 202211 Wavertree Drive
Received 13 Jun 202230 East Street, St Johns House
Received 16 Mar 2026Car Park off Felley Way
Received 28 May 202428 Laverton Road
Received 24 Mar 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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