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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1 approved · 1,719 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Upper King Street
Received 9 Mar 202331 Sheringham Road
Received 12 Feb 202510 The Wayne Way
Received 12 Nov 2024Rowley Fields Petrol Filling Station, 510 Narborough Road
Received 30 Apr 2026138 Spencefield Lane, Evington
Received 18 Sept 2023278 Uppingham Road
Received 31 May 202210-12 Elms Road, Harley House
Received 26 Feb 202631 Charter Street, Leicester Community Sports Arena
Received 12 Apr 2022Gervas Road, The Mayflower
Received 25 Sept 2026Groby Road (land to south), Stokeswood Park (land to north), Fosse Road North (land to west)
Received 15 Apr 202432 Hylion Road
Received 19 May 202627 Southernhay Close
Received 6 Jan 2023117B Harrow Road
Received 13 Jul 20224 Asquith Boulevard
Received 7 Sept 202214 Portsdown Road
Received 28 Jul 202658 Granby Street
Received 21 Feb 2022Avebury Avenue, Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
Received 28 Apr 20239 The Parkway
Received 6 Oct 2025Unit 1 Trevanth Road
Received 20 Sept 2022347 Thurcaston Road
Received 7 Nov 202222 Heybridge Road
Received 18 Dec 2023520 Uppingham Road
Received 16 May 202530 Stoughton Drive North
Received 24 Sept 202510 Talbot Lane
Received 21 Aug 2023Records 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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