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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.
1 approved · 1,695 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Stoneygate Road, Stoneleigh Manor
Received 8 Jul 202238 Homeway Road
Received 13 Sept 2023Market Place, Leicester Market
Received 20 May 20244 Leycroft Road, Pepsico International Limited
Received 4 Apr 20241 Potterton Road
Received 23 Mar 2023Land to South of 80 St Margarets Way
Received 22 Sept 2025192 Uppingham Road
Received 18 Nov 2025136 Green Lane Road
Received 5 Sept 2022Menzies Road
Received 13 Dec 202119-23 Burleys Way
Received 7 Aug 202321 Billington Close
Received 11 Aug 20258 St Johns Road
Received 17 Jun 202621 Nedham Street
Received 29 Mar 20221 Heybridge Road
Received 15 May 202342 Barnes Close
Received 10 Sept 202555 Briarfield Drive
Received 18 Feb 2022Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Received 18 Jul 2025Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary. Windsor Building (corner of Walnut Street and Havelock Street).
Received 9 Dec 2024115 Bowhill Grove
Received 3 Mar 20254 Kilverstone Avenue
Received 4 Sept 2023285 New Parks Boulevard
Received 24 Oct 202525 St Nicholas Place
Received 21 Sept 202177 Knighton Drive
Received 6 Sept 2024130 Spencefield Lane
Received 6 Jun 2024Records 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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