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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1 approved · 1,720 refused · 312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ulverscroft Road, land adjacent to Hayre Building
Received 17 Jan 202524A Dryden Street
Received 8 Feb 2024Beaumont Leys Lane, land to front of no.405
Received 8 Nov 202338 Lynmouth Road
Received 7 Oct 20259 Uttoxeter Close
Received 7 Feb 202293 Marston Road
Received 7 Aug 2023208 Clarendon Park Road
Received 16 Jul 2026Imperial Avenue, Imperial Avenue Infant School
Received 18 Aug 202118-20 Flax Road, Rear Of
Received 3 Sept 202531 Gilmorton Avenue, Land adjacent to
Received 22 Feb 2022Town Hall Square, Town Hall
Received 1 Jun 2026331-333 St Saviours Road, Flat 1 and Flat 2 1 Dorothy Road
Received 20 May 20254 St Peters Court, Flat 1
Received 12 Dec 202241 Orton Road
Received 2 Oct 2023109 Davenport Road
Received 18 Jul 202371 Foxcroft Close
Received 1 Oct 202533 Kincaple Road
Received 9 Sept 202239 Duncan Road, Land rear of (now known as 42 Hampshire Road)
Received 26 Apr 202316 Mere Road
Received 27 Jul 2022Hospital Close
Received 19 Aug 20251 East Avenue
Received 25 Mar 2026108 Granby Street
Received 9 Nov 202355 Welford Road, James House
Received 25 Aug 2022108 Cooper Street
Received 27 Jun 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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