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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1 approved · 1,717 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Halkin Street
Received 21 Jul 2023179-183 Loughborough Road
Received 10 Oct 2022Lancaster Road, Attenborough Arts Centre
Received 17 Jan 202416 Marsden Lane
Received 22 Jan 202561 Broad Avenue
Received 6 Jul 202219 Ardath Road
Received 3 Jun 202455 Westcotes Drive, Conservative Club
Received 9 Nov 202264 Broadway Road
Received 23 May 202396 Meadvale Road
Received 20 May 20251 Waterloo Way, Peat House
Received 4 Sept 202460 Queniborough Road
Received 9 Sept 2021113-117 London Road
Received 2 Apr 202412 Turnbury Way
Received 21 Feb 2023New Star Road, Unit 8
Received 9 Jul 2026341 Humberstone Road
Received 19 May 2025171-173 London Road
Received 8 Dec 2023Portland Towers, Savita Cottage
Received 28 Aug 2024150 Canon Street
Received 11 Apr 2023426 East Park Road
Received 9 Mar 2023327 London Road
Received 28 Sept 2023334-338 Welford Road
Received 1 Sept 2025172 Spencefield Lane
Received 16 Aug 20221E Stoneygate Avenue
Received 15 Dec 2025Charles Bennion Walk, Belgrave
Received 14 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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