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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3 approved · 1,947 refused · 361 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 St Albans Road
Received 10 Oct 202333 Knighton Road
Received 4 Sept 202614 Yorkshire Road
Received 17 Jun 202475-85 Cobden Street
Received 22 Feb 202217-33 LEWISHER ROAD, UNITS 6-10
Received 7 Jun 20211 Elms Road
Received 15 Dec 202539 Wavertree Drive
Received 21 Mar 2022595 Welford Road
Received 22 May 20248 Heddington Way
Received 15 Sept 2025Portland Towers, Savita Cottage
Received 17 Aug 202331 Springfield Road
Received 31 Aug 202145 Dovedale Road
Received 28 Jun 20211 Sangha Close
Received 29 May 2024346 Scraptoft Lane
Received 18 Sept 202615 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 13 Apr 2022Abbey Street, Platinum Lace
Received 21 Mar 202520 Blackbird Avenue
Received 17 Jan 20236 Knighton Grange Road
Received 14 Apr 202326 Faldo Close
Received 26 Jan 2023176 -178 Highcross Street
Received 13 Mar 202540 Tavistock Drive
Received 26 Jun 2023165 Coleman Road
Received 5 Dec 202252 Wintersdale Road
Received 27 Mar 2023336A Harrison Road
Received 22 May 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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