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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1 approved · 1,719 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16-18 Atkinson Street
Received 1 Feb 20246-8 St Martins & 17 New Street
Received 17 Oct 2024Groby Road (land to south), Stokeswood Park (land to north), Fosse Road North (land to west)
Received 24 Nov 202352 Shalford Road
Received 9 Aug 2023Car Park rear of 60 Charles Street, Yeoman Lane
Received 2 Dec 202132 Tailby Avenue
Received 30 Jun 202519 Raywell Road
Received 27 Jul 2026110 East Park Road
Received 19 Nov 202562 Holmfield Road
Received 5 Feb 20242 Gervas Road
Received 17 Oct 202288 Woodgate, Car Wash Adjacent
Received 22 Mar 2022Garage at rear of 7 Highway Road
Received 13 Sept 2022Hinckley Road, Western Park Open Air School
Received 13 Oct 202551 South Kingsmead Road
Received 19 Oct 202249 Forest Road
Received 10 Mar 2023Driveway between 27 and 29 Barling Road
Received 18 Oct 202311 Carpe Road
Received 24 Jun 202657 Rutland Street, Leicester International Complex
Received 13 Nov 202324 Roseway
Received 30 Mar 2026Filbert Street, Former Leicester City Football Club Ground
Received 1 Jun 2022Ulverscroft Road, Bostik Ltd
Received 4 Jul 202511 Hinckley Road
Received 7 Apr 202210 Cameron Avenue
Received 18 Jan 2023113-117 London Road
Received 11 Aug 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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