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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1 approved · 1,715 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Freemens Common Road
Received 21 Jan 202528 Homeway Road
Received 17 Dec 202422-24 Market Street
Received 27 Jan 202339 Dersingham Road
Received 18 Apr 202218 Northumberland Avenue
Received 7 Jun 20235 Biddulph Avenue
Received 28 May 202557 Heatherbrook Road
Received 19 Sept 202578 Narborough Road
Received 24 Sept 20241 Humber Close
Received 17 Mar 202261 Millstone Lane, Southgate House
Received 20 Mar 20241 Downham Avenue
Received 5 Sept 20222 Melton Road
Received 14 Sept 2026Bridge SPC4/60, Welford Road
Received 24 Feb 2026Meadows Way, land off
Received 3 Jul 20245 Tuxford Road, Land opposite
Received 14 Jan 202613 Portsdown Road
Received 28 Aug 202462 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 5 Apr 2023104 Stanfell Road
Received 31 Aug 202117 Colchester Road
Received 24 Mar 202521-23 East Bond Street
Received 17 Mar 2022258 St Saviours Road
Received 20 Oct 20221 King Street, Phoenix House
Received 25 May 2022452 Welford Road
Received 6 May 20224 Ingarsby Drive
Received 24 May 2022Records 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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