Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
2 approved · 1,842 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Southernhay Road
Received 17 Mar 2023101 South Knighton Road
Received 5 Mar 202429 Cheltenham Road
Received 8 Jul 2026157 Evington Road
Received 28 May 202615A Southernhay Road
Received 27 May 2026Land at rear of 268 and 270 Uppingham Road
Received 22 Jun 202166 Narborough Road
Received 6 Dec 2024Granville Road, De Montfort Hall
Received 15 May 202619 Billington Close
Received 22 Jun 202333 Westleigh Road
Received 1 Nov 202228 Dovedale Road
Received 17 Aug 2021193 Knighton Lane East
Received 20 Oct 20255 Bowling Green Street
Received 24 Jan 2022132 Shanklin Drive
Received 21 Apr 202650 Chatsworth Street
Received 31 Jul 202611 McVicker Close
Received 8 Dec 202240 Roslyn Street
Received 5 Jun 202611 Knighton Grange Road
Received 28 Jun 202130 Thomasson Road
Received 15 Jul 202422 East Park Road
Received 24 Aug 202239 Rydal Street, The Zip Building
Received 27 Jan 2023437 Braunstone Lane
Received 31 Mar 202510 Sunnyfield Close
Received 19 Oct 2022Space Park, Corporation Road
Received 13 Oct 2021Records 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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