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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2 approved · 1,848 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Keightley Road
Received 19 Sept 202322 Combe Close
Received 24 Jun 2024195 Coleman Road
Received 30 Sept 202416 Baslow Road
Received 7 Jun 2022116 Evington Valley Road
Received 28 Feb 2023148 Melton Road
Received 27 Feb 202431 St Andrews Road, Chacksfield House
Received 14 Oct 2024498 Uppingham Road
Received 9 May 20224 Avenue Road
Received 23 Aug 2024189 Catherine Street
Received 26 Mar 2025179 Scraptoft Lane
Received 12 Nov 202116 Hobart Street
Received 19 Jan 20265 Bowling Green Street
Received 1 Oct 202111 Downham Avenue
Received 1 Dec 2025Haddenham Road, Manor House Neighbourhood Centre
Received 14 Jul 202215 Carisbrooke Road, Land Adjacent
Received 22 May 2024330 Victoria Park Road
Received 17 Jul 202441 Woodnewton Drive
Received 20 May 2024229 Canon Street
Received 28 Jul 2021Melton Road, Land North of Sainsburys, Kia Motor
Received 24 Jul 20239 Dunton Street
Received 3 Jun 202625 Francis Street
Received 4 Apr 20227 Southernhay Road
Received 3 Jun 20244 Ingarsby Drive
Received 9 Mar 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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