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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2 approved · 1,862 refused · 339 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Herthull Road
Received 20 Aug 202420 Coles Close
Received 29 Jan 202622-24 Fosse Road Central, Mauricare Residential Home
Received 22 Jun 20212 Norwood Road
Received 16 Mar 202220 Romway Avenue
Received 2 Nov 2021151 Melton Road
Received 23 Sept 202444 Thurnview Road
Received 1 Jun 202324 Broadway Road
Received 14 Mar 2022Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary. Osborne Building (corner of Aylestone Road and Walnut Street)
Received 15 Mar 2022Highcross Street, Great Central Street and All Saints Open
Received 13 Mar 2025Bingo Hall, 80 Aylestone Road
Received 26 Jul 2023118 Upperton Road
Received 27 Sept 202212 Guilford Road
Received 12 Dec 2022184 Anstey Lane
Received 22 Jun 202621 Plymouth Drive
Received 11 Mar 2026Charles Bennion Walk
Received 7 Jul 2022170 Clarendon Park Road
Received 13 Nov 202451 Wigley Road
Received 26 May 202136 Tennis Court Drive
Received 22 Apr 2024329 London Road
Received 9 Sept 202587 Bateman Road
Received 19 May 202255 Marjorie Street
Received 12 Aug 202111-15 and 19-35 Conduit Street
Received 2 Dec 2021Armadale Drive, Al-Marifah Academy
Received 17 Apr 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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