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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2 approved · 1,893 refused · 350 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waterloo Way, Bus Shelter Outside Peat House
Received 8 Sept 202154 Barbara Avenue
Received 23 May 202353 Queniborough Road
Received 24 Oct 2023749 Aylestone Road
Received 17 Nov 20223 Frolesworth Way, adj
Received 10 Jan 202344 Cromford Street
Received 25 Jul 202510 Lords Avenue
Received 24 May 20222 Southernhay Road, Southernhay House
Received 24 Mar 2022St Georges Retail Park, Units 8A, 8B, and 9
Received 2 Apr 202621 Kirby Road
Received 31 Mar 2026150 Wycombe Road, Humberstone Medical Centre
Received 19 Feb 202435 Brinsmead Road
Received 15 Dec 2025Barradale Court
Received 19 Apr 202391 Stoughton Drive North
Received 1 Dec 202368 Buller Road
Received 19 Feb 202555 Scraptoft Lane
Received 13 Sept 2023144 - 146 Checketts Road, Shop
Received 11 Jun 202630 Highbury Road
Received 7 Sept 2021219-221 Harrison Road ,Shop
Received 18 Apr 2024Melton Road, Land North of Sainsbury's
Received 7 Sept 20231 Causeway Lane, Saxon House
Received 6 Dec 2021167 Evington Road
Received 14 Jul 202253 Rosedale Avenue
Received 24 Aug 202335-37 New Bond Street
Received 26 Jan 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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