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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1 approved · 1,713 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Fullhurst Avenue
Received 26 May 2026111 Canon Street
Received 8 Jun 2022Portland Towers
Received 10 Aug 2021University Road, Engineering Design Lab, Fielding Johnson Building, University Of Leicester
Received 28 Feb 2022106 Kedleston Road
Received 15 Aug 202262 Evington Valley Road, Unit 14 Ground Floor
Received 26 Mar 202426 Grenfell Road
Received 7 May 202419 Hawthorne Street
Received 15 Dec 2025158 Letchworth Road
Received 5 Aug 202423 Chater Close
Received 28 Jun 202219 Abbeycourt Road
Received 10 Apr 2024481 Saffron Lane
Received 11 Aug 202231 Scraptoft Lane
Received 22 Jul 2025General Hospital N H S Trust, west entrance, Broad Avenue
Received 24 Mar 20228 Elsadene Avenue
Received 29 Dec 20211 Gretna Way
Received 16 Mar 2022206 Queens Road
Received 6 Dec 202158 Stoneygate Road
Received 2 Apr 202525 Gardenfield Road
Received 20 Jun 202242 Morland Avenue
Received 20 Dec 202120 Wentworth Road
Received 20 Aug 2026Claremont Methodist Church, Claremont Street
Received 24 Sept 202412 Goodwood Road, St Josephs Church presbytery
Received 22 Jan 202623 Linden Drive
Received 17 Oct 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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