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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1 approved · 1,697 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Anchor Street
Received 30 Mar 202288 Tennis Court Drive
Received 16 Dec 2021Residential development to the east of Strathern Road
Received 24 Oct 202429A Craighill Road
Received 10 Dec 20248 Oswin Road
Received 20 Apr 202267 Cork Street
Received 5 Nov 2024252 Loughborough Road
Received 19 Dec 202454 Alton Road
Received 7 Feb 202317 Wycombe Road
Received 23 Apr 202431 Oliver Road
Received 4 Jan 2022105 Bath Lane, Merlin Heights
Received 23 Aug 2021Ground Floor Bank, 94a London Road
Received 18 Jul 202313 Grayswood Drive
Received 26 Feb 2025227 Hinckley Road, Land Outside
Received 8 Sept 2026413 London Road, Sefton House
Received 7 Feb 202414-16 Haymarket
Received 17 Jul 2023Land North of Hilltop Road, North East of Leicester, Thorpebury
Received 18 Sept 2026158 London Road
Received 23 Sept 202554 Aylestone Drive
Received 25 Jun 2024Blackberry Street, Land off
Received 18 Nov 2025Site Of 18 Spencefield Lane
Received 10 Jun 202642 Sutton Avenue
Received 6 Jun 20231 Waterloo Way, Peat House
Received 3 Jun 202559 Romway Road
Received 19 Oct 2022Records 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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