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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2 approved · 1,910 refused · 352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Portland Road
Received 14 Jun 202128 Stoneygate Road
Received 29 Jul 2024Groby Road, Glenfield Hospital, Belvoir Unit
Received 14 Aug 202441 St Matthews Way
Received 14 Jul 202565 Hinckley Road, land at rear of
Received 24 Jan 202419 Billington Close
Received 4 Jul 20221 Brent Knowle Gardens
Received 31 Jul 2024Uxbridge Road, Former Belgrave Pumping Station
Received 26 Jun 202554 Thurcaston Road
Received 6 Jul 202112 Goddards Close
Received 27 Jan 202530 Almond Road
Received 15 Jul 202686 New Romney Crescent
Received 2 Jul 202415-35 Grasmere Street, Ben Russell Court
Received 14 Jun 20221 Courtenay Road
Received 15 Nov 202292 Adderley Road, Land Adj.
Received 5 Apr 202367 and 69 Chandos Street
Received 12 Aug 202496 Tetuan Road
Received 15 Dec 2023Blackbird Road, Ian Marlow Centre
Received 22 Jul 20247 Carisbrooke Avenue
Received 1 Sept 2022123 London Road, The Lansdowne
Received 20 Jul 2022171-173 London Road
Received 10 Jul 2025119 Avebury Avenue
Received 1 Aug 2024186 Welford Road
Received 22 Apr 202461 Regent Road, Lorne House & land to rear of 59 Regent Road
Received 19 Mar 2025Records 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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