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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.
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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2 approved · 1,848 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Tennis Court Drive
Received 3 Nov 2020129 St Nicholas Circle, Holiday Inn
Received 3 Apr 202448 Scraptoft Lane
Received 16 Mar 2026605 Welford Road
Received 29 Oct 20258A Stonehaven Road
Received 31 Mar 2026150 Knighton Road, College Court
Received 14 Feb 2023Bay Street, St Mathews
Received 24 May 202233 Greenacre Drive
Received 7 Jul 202120 Lutterworth Road, Aylestone Baptist Church
Received 15 Oct 2024426 East Park Road
Received 25 Oct 202364 Winchester Avenue
Received 7 Jul 2025Barradale Court
Received 31 Dec 20258 Abbotsford Road
Received 17 Oct 2023Land at junction of Vaughan Way and St. Margaret's Way
Received 12 Apr 202332 Clifton Road
Received 28 Jun 202110 Knighton Drive
Received 27 Aug 202511 Pendene Road
Received 2 May 2024695A Aylestone Road
Received 25 Jun 20215 Gallowtree Gate
Received 30 Oct 202326 Stillington Crescent
Received 3 Apr 2024Sunningdale Road, Sunningdale Road Industrial Park, Unit 8
Received 16 Mar 202212 Holmfield Avenue
Received 31 May 2023Land At Bloods Hill, Kirby Muxloe
Received 5 Dec 202541 Essex Road
Received 13 Jul 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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