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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1 approved · 1,698 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Woodbridge Road
Received 17 Feb 2026Cossington Street, Recreation Grounds (MUGA)
Received 20 Feb 20266 Herricks Avenue
Received 21 Sept 202213 Franche Road
Received 16 May 202315 Redcar Road
Received 26 Sept 202311 Little Dunmow Road
Received 14 Mar 202240 Homeway Road
Received 22 Dec 202228 Hamilton Circle
Received 21 Mar 2022114 Granby Street, Land Outside
Received 7 Aug 2026Cordelia Close, The Willows
Received 25 Jan 202343-47 High Street
Received 24 Jun 202416 Woodland Avenue
Received 28 Jan 202614 Market Street
Received 16 Mar 202331 Mornington Street
Received 1 Jun 202247 Broad Avenue
Received 2 Jan 202421 Crown Hills Avenue
Received 11 Jan 202228 Homeway Road
Received 10 May 202457 Rutland Street
Received 20 Jun 2023397 Saffron Lane
Received 12 Jun 202340-50 Gipsy Lane
Received 25 Nov 20253 Upper Charnwood Street
Received 15 Jun 2026Site Of Southfield Infant School, Southfields Drive
Received 27 Aug 2025498 Welford Road
Received 7 May 20247 Highway Road, garage at rear of
Received 26 Nov 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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