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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.
3 approved · 1,938 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
131 Wigston Lane
Received 30 Jan 202423 Earlswood Road
Received 12 Mar 202560 Charles Street, Suite 1, 3rd Floor
Received 3 May 20224 Barbara Road
Received 10 Mar 20236 Hipwell Crescent
Received 22 Jan 2026131 Broad Avenue
Received 15 Sept 2022Goodwood Road
Received 13 May 202199 High Street, The Orange Tree
Received 8 Jan 202435 Lindsay Road
Received 13 Jul 202145 Ring Road
Received 2 Apr 202464 Shanklin Drive
Received 7 Oct 202438 Withcote Avenue
Received 14 Sept 2021Rushey Mead Recreation Centre
Received 1 Nov 2021261 Aikman Avenue, The Good Neighbours
Received 5 Aug 202270 Berners Street
Received 18 May 202138 Middlesex Road
Received 12 Dec 202210-12 Uppingham Road
Received 12 Mar 202141-43 Church Gate
Received 2 May 2023166-168 Belgrave Road
Received 20 Feb 202538 Stonesby Avenue
Received 18 Jun 202665 Shanklin Drive
Received 18 Feb 202229 Landseer Road
Received 14 Jun 20223 Southland Road
Received 25 Aug 202242 Heyworth Road, land to the rear
Received 8 Aug 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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