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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1 approved · 1,693 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8-10 Highmeres Road
Received 4 Oct 20239 Vulcan Road
Received 3 Aug 202328-32 Hinckley Road,
Received 20 Mar 2024Unit 14 Putney Road West, The Beaver Centre
Received 5 Jan 2026Melton Road, Rushey Mead Academy
Received 27 Jan 20262-6 Gallowtree Gate
Received 4 May 202335 West Street
Received 22 Sept 202121 Kingsbridge Crescent
Received 28 Jun 2022336 Harrison Road
Received 12 Feb 2024174 Scraptoft Lane, Ca Na Gardens
Received 19 May 2023Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital
Received 30 Sept 202477 Evington Valley Road, Madani Schools Federation
Received 14 Feb 2023160 Wintersdale Road
Received 22 Jun 202623 Ethel Road
Received 26 Feb 202597 London Road
Received 14 Feb 20247 Southernhay Road
Received 10 Oct 202450 Ratcliffe Road
Received 11 Jun 202596 Jarrom Street
Received 5 Jun 2025126 Wigston Lane, Wigston Lane Young Peoples Home
Received 24 Aug 202194 Halstead Street
Received 4 Feb 2022St Saviours Road, Spinney Hill
Received 12 Feb 202572 Hartington Road
Received 23 Nov 20219 Lutterworth Road
Received 24 Oct 2025176-178 Highcross Street
Received 31 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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