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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1 approved · 1,707 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Rogerstone Road
Received 15 Nov 2021Hawkins Road, Land to the rear
Received 31 May 202279 Glenfield Road
Received 18 Nov 202237 Bewcastle Grove
Received 10 Apr 202432 Egginton Street, Shop
Received 18 Mar 202238 Grayswood Drive
Received 10 Dec 202521 Yarrow Close
Received 14 Sept 202318 Tennis Court Drive
Received 15 Aug 20247 Coplow Avenue
Received 10 Jul 202382 Upperton Road
Received 20 Apr 202660 Charles Street, Car Park rear of
Received 2 May 2023Ashton Green, Leicester Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Thurcaston Road, Leicester
Received 2 Oct 2026105 Knighton Church Road
Received 28 Mar 20244 Elstree Avenue
Received 3 Mar 202316 Redcar Road
Received 27 Jun 2024Willow Street, The What Cabin
Received 29 Jul 202550 Penrith Road
Received 24 Mar 20232 Midway Road
Received 11 Nov 2024114 Bartholomew Street
Received 28 Jun 20248 Avenue Road
Received 15 Jan 202617 Ashdown Avenue
Received 9 Mar 20221 Holmfield Avenue, land adjacent to
Received 3 May 202222 Broomfield Crescent
Received 12 Dec 2023Braunstone Lane East, Premier Travel Inn
Received 6 Aug 2026Records 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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