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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1 approved · 1,717 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Pool Road
Received 13 Apr 202253 Woodbridge Road
Received 23 Sept 202452 Chatham Street, car park before
Received 15 Oct 2025100 Beaumont Way, Bingo Club
Received 31 Jul 2023231 Catherine Street
Received 12 Aug 2022Wellington Street, opposite The Frassati Centre
Received 1 Nov 202228 Towle Road
Received 15 May 202418 Ridgway Road
Received 29 Jul 2025102 - 120 Danvers Road, Garage Court Rear Of
Received 8 Mar 2024Dunlin Road, Shenton Primary School
Received 20 Aug 20219 Brandon Street
Received 18 Jun 2026413 London Road, Sefton House
Received 24 Oct 202263 Christopher Drive
Received 19 Oct 20226 Henley Road, Shop
Received 10 Apr 202629 The Circle
Received 12 Sept 202459 & 61 Lutterworth Road
Received 4 Oct 202239-41 Narborough Road
Received 19 Feb 202556 King Street
Received 28 Sept 202126 Sherrard Road
Received 1 Sept 2022Land And Garages adjacent to 200 Belvoir Drive East
Received 20 Mar 202410 Woodbank Road
Received 16 Feb 202367 Market Place
Received 30 Nov 20219 Springfield Road, St Johns Vicarage
Received 8 Feb 2022Filbert Way / Raw Dykes Road, Land at and around the King Power Football Stadium
Received 6 Oct 2021Records 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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