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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1 approved · 1,693 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Knighton Park Road
Received 23 Nov 202212 Bellflower Road
Received 13 Dec 20211 Causeway Lane, Saxon House
Received 28 Jul 202112 Bishop Street
Received 22 May 202680 Bonsall Street
Received 19 Jul 202344 Braunstone Lane East, Riverside Football Ground
Received 28 Jul 20221 Waterloo Way, Peat House
Received 3 Jun 202587 Dudley Avenue
Received 19 Jun 202540 Braunstone Lane East, Ellesmere College
Received 14 May 202532 Jean Drive
Received 23 Mar 20227 Silver Walk
Received 9 Sept 2024Garages opposite 87-95 Vostock Close
Received 8 Aug 202546 Oakland Avenue
Received 26 Aug 202652-56 Fosse Road North
Received 5 Feb 202410 Elm Tree Gardens
Received 1 May 202429 Ivychurch Crescent
Received 2 Aug 202422 Purley Road
Received 11 Jul 202416 Spencefield Lane
Received 19 Sept 2023114 Lutterworth Road
Received 20 Dec 2024Humberstone Junior Academy, Main Street, Humberstone, Leicester, LE5 1AE
Received 18 Dec 2025Corporation Road, Abbey Pumping Station Museum
Received 16 Jan 202410 Woodboy Street
Received 29 May 202453 Willow Brook Road
Received 19 Aug 202619 Belle Vue Avenue
Received 6 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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