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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2 approved · 1,834 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 London Road
Received 3 Sept 202458 Uppingham Road
Received 31 Dec 202126 The Roundway
Received 7 Sept 2022Inglehurst Junior School
Received 15 Nov 2021153 Granby Street
Received 8 Dec 2021197 London Road
Received 3 Oct 2022Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital
Received 18 Sept 202537 Highfield Street
Received 18 May 202214 Woodland Avenue
Received 16 Feb 20221 Halkin Street
Received 25 Apr 2024104 Meadvale Road
Received 12 Oct 2021Colthurst Way, Thurnby Lodge and District Boys Club
Received 24 Sept 202556 Daneshill Road
Received 9 Jul 202530 Kincraig Road
Received 9 Dec 2024121 Evington Road
Received 3 Jul 2026Haymarket Shopping Centre, Humberstone Gate entrance
Received 9 Jan 2024399 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 11 Nov 20227 Donnington Street
Received 4 Jun 202628-29 Oswin Road
Received 21 Apr 2026159 Canon Street
Received 8 Mar 2023Beaumont Way, Church Of Christ The King
Received 22 Feb 20227 East Street, YMCA
Received 1 Jul 2022156-160 St Nicholas Circle, Jewry Wall Museum
Received 28 May 202534 Thurnview Road
Received 1 Jun 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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