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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1 approved · 1,703 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Stanley Drive
Received 22 May 202356 Barry Road
Received 1 May 202452 Ingarsby Drive
Received 27 Jun 202242 Rowsley Avenue
Received 19 Feb 202480 and 82 Ocean Road
Received 8 Sept 202313 Purley Road
Received 17 Sept 2025278 Uppingham Road
Received 30 May 2022Lee Circle, City Industrial Units
Received 25 Jun 2026Aylestone Road, Leicester Rugby Football Club
Received 9 Apr 202512 Leveric Road
Received 27 Jun 202542 Cardinals Walk
Received 8 Nov 202428 Asquith Boulevard
Received 18 Jan 202233 Clumber Road
Received 2 Nov 202215 Gamel Road
Received 24 May 20227 Holmwood Drive
Received 12 Oct 2021Northgate Street and Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 7 Jul 2022268 Narborough Road
Received 17 Apr 2024124C Green Lane Road
Received 3 Sept 202476 Barclay Street
Received 26 Jun 20254-6 Cheapside
Received 31 Mar 20269 Ramsbury Road
Received 4 Mar 2022Hawkins Road, Land to rear
Received 5 Dec 202325 Abbots Road South
Received 19 Jan 2023193 London Road, Hollybank Court
Received 21 Jan 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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