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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2 approved · 1,855 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbey Park Road, Land North East of River Soar bridge
Received 21 Jan 2022Folville Rise, Folville Junior School
Received 1 Sept 2026209 London Road, The Hollies, Flat 17
Received 27 Jan 202576 Uppingham Road
Received 25 Sept 202331 Gilmorton Avenue, Land Adjacent to
Received 28 Oct 20243 Pauline Avenue
Received 26 Mar 202518 Lutterworth Road
Received 17 Aug 202380A Tennis Court Drive
Received 12 Nov 2024100 Tudor Road, Tudor Hotel PH
Received 17 Oct 20224 Phoenix Square, Phoenix Arts Media Centre
Received 12 Aug 2022Rowley Fields Petrol Filling Station, 510 Narborough Road
Received 17 Jul 202615 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 2 May 2023Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Received 10 Oct 2023Forest Lodge Academy
Received 20 Aug 202637 Welford Road, Reynard House
Received 18 Jul 202264-66 Humberstone Gate,Ground Floor
Received 4 Dec 20259 Adderley Road
Received 7 Jun 202137- 39 Elms Road
Received 22 Sept 20236 Southernhay Close
Received 19 Aug 2022481 Saffron Lane
Received 15 Dec 2022139-141 Loughborough Road, Shree Swaminarayan Temple
Received 27 Jan 2025101 Clarendon Park Road
Received 8 Aug 202489 Melrose Street
Received 6 Aug 202420 St Peters Lane, Former Debenhams
Received 12 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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