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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.
2 approved · 1,824 refused · 332 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Laburnum Road
Received 20 May 2026115 St Marys Works Unit 12
Received 29 Apr 20261 Sanvey Gate
Received 7 Feb 2023329 London Road
Received 24 Feb 202537 Sanvey Lane
Received 7 Mar 2024Thirlmere Gardens Play Building, 111 Walnut Street
Received 10 Nov 20217 Southernhay Road
Received 20 Mar 202424 Broadway Road
Received 26 Apr 202373 Mount Road
Received 22 Sept 202152 Bendbow Rise
Received 21 Jun 202454 Corporation Road
Received 6 Jul 202116 Plantation Avenue
Received 6 Dec 202461 London Road
Received 28 May 2024Hillsborough Road, Magpie Youth Club
Received 3 Jul 202316 Harrogate Road
Received 15 May 202440 Laureston Drive
Received 27 Jun 202215 Amyson Road
Received 10 Jul 202328-34 Hinckley Road
Received 6 Sept 202165 Bedford Street South, Unit A
Received 11 May 202311 Guilford Road
Received 12 Feb 202526 Woodcroft Avenue
Received 24 Feb 2026Ballards Close, Ballards Close Play Area
Received 17 Mar 2026249-259 Narborough Road, part of ground floor
Received 23 Dec 202554 Uppingham Road
Received 2 Mar 2026Records 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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