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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1 approved · 1,709 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Southgates, Shakespeares House
Received 29 Jan 20242 Cobden Street
Received 9 Dec 2021St Margarets Way, St Margarets Pastures Sports Centre
Received 8 Aug 20231 Holmfield Avenue
Received 28 Nov 20243 St Swithins Road
Received 27 Apr 202225 Beaumont Way, Former Beaumont Leys Market
Received 23 Jul 202454 Ratcliffe Road, The Knowle
Received 18 Aug 2023Unit 1 Westbridge Industrial Estate, 27 Duns Lane
Received 26 Feb 202492 Syston Street East
Received 4 Aug 2023Global House, 61 Great Central Street
Received 15 Aug 20251 Elmfield Avenue
Received 28 Aug 20257 Cowley Way
Received 17 Nov 202516 Alton Road
Received 24 Mar 2026Bourne Mall, former Wilkinsons
Received 6 Dec 202359 Dunton Street
Received 23 Mar 202618 & 18A Knighton Park Road
Received 12 Dec 202226 Bodnant Avenue
Received 20 Apr 2026Downing Drive, The City Of Leicester College
Received 11 Nov 20251 Macaulay Street
Received 17 Jun 20264 Swallowdale Drive
Received 14 Dec 20225 Bennion Road, Bradgate Bakery
Received 16 Feb 202429 Farringdon Street
Received 20 Dec 2022Hinckley Road (Site at junction of Hinckley Road and Narborough Road North)
Received 23 Sept 202226 Avoca Close
Received 5 Jul 2023Records 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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