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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3 approved · 1,947 refused · 362 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Parker Drive
Received 6 Sept 2021160 Hinckley Road, Wyggestons Hospital
Received 2 Apr 2026344 Fosse Road North, Fosse Medical Centre
Received 6 Nov 202553 Penrith Road
Received 22 Jan 2024156-160 St Nicholas Circle, Jewry Wall Museum
Received 24 Apr 2025Flat 1, 7 Fleetwood Road
Received 16 Mar 20218 Coltsfoot Road
Received 20 Jun 2022101 Clarendon Park Road
Received 23 Feb 202133 Wimborne Road, Land Adjacent to
Received 5 Jan 2023521 Welford Road
Received 18 Mar 2022695A Aylestone Road
Received 22 Mar 20222 Church Road, Evington Village
Received 8 Jul 20226 Holmwood Court
Received 15 Sept 2022362 St Saviours Road
Received 21 Sept 202216 Sawday Street
Received 21 Apr 202189 Vaughan Way, Land Outside
Received 7 Aug 20264 Kilmelford Close
Received 24 Nov 20225 Bowling Green Street
Received 24 Jan 2022382 Gipsy Lane
Received 8 Aug 202238 Windsor Avenue
Received 17 Jul 202447 Newmarket Street
Received 23 Jun 20228 Strathaven Road
Received 15 Aug 202270-76 Morris Road
Received 29 Jul 202666 Burnside Road
Received 22 Mar 2021Records 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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