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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2 approved · 1,866 refused · 341 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Halstead Street
Received 31 Dec 2021100-110 ROSS WALK, FORMER BUSM SITE & BUSINESS PARK
Received 17 Oct 201713 Ramson Close
Received 30 Jul 2021127 Evington Lane
Received 27 Jun 202228a Narborough Road, Flats 1, 2 & 3
Received 22 Jun 202347-55 Northgate Street
Received 20 Sept 20211-3 Wordsworth Road
Received 18 Feb 202515 Lancaster Street
Received 11 Dec 202328 Darlington Road
Received 4 Oct 202216 Beverley Avenue
Received 4 Sept 202366 Gipsy Road
Received 18 Oct 2022182 Humberstone Drive
Received 11 May 202257 Spencefield Lane
Received 8 Nov 2024129 Green Lane Road
Received 18 Nov 2024100 Osborne Road, Land Adjacent
Received 11 Oct 202257 Jellicoe Road
Received 10 Jan 2022Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - New Bond Street Entrance
Received 24 Oct 202428 Ringwood Road
Received 2 Oct 202548 Alderton Close
Received 24 Jul 20234 Midland Street, Phoenix Square
Received 24 Jun 202418 Morland Avenue
Received 21 Jul 20211 Gooding Avenue
Received 10 Mar 20257-9 Charnwood Walk
Received 22 Mar 20236 Hyde Close
Received 5 Mar 2024Records 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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