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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3 approved · 1,948 refused · 363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Park Hill Drive
Received 23 Jan 202361 Northdene Road
Received 10 Oct 202243-47 Lutterworth Rd, Rear of
Received 19 Jan 20241 Scarborough Road
Received 9 Nov 202230-32 Biddulph Street
Received 27 Jun 2022100 Sandhills Avenue, Hamilton Park Football Foundation Pavilion
Received 23 Jan 202633 Westfield Road
Received 29 Mar 2021625 Welford Road
Received 4 Aug 202117 Ratcliffe Road
Received 6 Dec 20224 Stoughton Drive North
Received 5 Mar 202545 Grove Road
Received 24 Apr 202422 Chiltern Green
Received 19 Jan 20237 Wyndale Road
Received 6 Aug 202615 Ravensbridge Drive, Maher Community Centre
Received 6 Apr 2021219 Harrison Road
Received 10 Mar 202520 Falconer Crescent
Received 16 Oct 202349,51,55,57, and 59 Sanvey Lane
Received 2 Jul 2024126 Ainsdale Road
Received 23 Dec 202418 Knighton Park Road, Ground Floor Flat
Received 14 Jun 20235 Stanley Court, Flat 1
Received 12 Mar 2025Leicester Central Fire Station, Lancaster Place
Received 25 Feb 202612 Kings Newton Street
Received 4 Feb 20263 Upperton Rise
Received 24 Jul 202322 Ashfield Road
Received 9 Dec 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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