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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1 approved · 1,713 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Main Street
Received 11 Aug 202549 Stoughton Road (land to rear)
Received 19 Apr 2023101 Staveley Road
Received 22 Nov 20222 Smith Dorrien Road
Received 23 Oct 2025Land off Desford Road, Lubbesthorpe, Blaby, Leicestershire
Received 29 Jun 202633 Evington Parks Road
Received 13 Jun 202311 Barry Road
Received 3 Jul 202389-101 Belgrave Road
Received 22 Feb 202234 Burnet Close
Received 13 Jan 2025Land East of Hamilton Lane, Scraptoft, Leicestershire
Received 19 May 202612 Woodbank Road
Received 29 Nov 202228 Dersingham Road
Received 4 Jan 202426 Arreton Close
Received 21 Apr 2022346 Scraptoft Lane
Received 30 Jul 20269 Coplow Avenue
Received 22 Jan 2025Rutland Street, Athena
Received 31 Jan 2025Winstanley House, Braunstone Park, Hinckley Road
Received 6 Sept 2021240-242 The Albany,London Road, Leicester, LE2 1RH
Received 17 Dec 202414 The Wayne Way
Received 21 Jul 20252A Rowlatts Hill Road
Received 1 Aug 20248 Polebrook Close
Received 2 Nov 202339 Freeman Road North
Received 10 Aug 20236 Ingarsby Drive
Received 22 Jul 2026St Georges Retail Park, Unit 8
Received 4 Nov 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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