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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1 approved · 1,699 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 Knighton Lane East
Received 23 Sept 20252 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 5 Jul 20222A Stoughton Drive North, St Philips House
Received 24 Aug 20234 Farley Road
Received 31 May 202329 Kirminton Gardens
Received 20 Sept 2023388 Coleman Road
Received 2 Jun 202628-32 Hinckley Road, part of shop
Received 20 Mar 2024Abbey Park Road, Land to North
Received 24 Jun 20252 Humber Close
Received 1 May 202653 New Walk, New Walk Museum
Received 8 May 202482 Hallaton Road
Received 24 Jul 20249 Frewin Street, Layton House
Received 6 Aug 202483 Laverton Road
Received 22 Dec 202563 Heyworth Road
Received 12 Jun 202531 Littlemore Close
Received 16 Mar 202699 Asquith Boulevard
Received 2 Oct 2023Pindar Road, New Parks House
Received 20 Aug 20213-5 Bramley Road
Received 14 Dec 20215 Bowling Green Street
Received 1 Oct 2021100 Church Gate
Received 10 Nov 202342 Shirley Avenue
Received 8 Mar 20223 Erdyngton Road
Received 24 Apr 2024587 Welford Road
Received 28 Apr 20237 Columbine Road
Received 27 Jul 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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