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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.
4 approved · 2,013 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Mayfield Road
Received 14 Jun 20221 Bath House Lane, Unit MSU 11a Highcross
Received 16 Jan 202619 Westmorland Avenue
Received 16 Apr 202134 Conaglen Road
Received 1 Apr 202570 Davenport Road
Received 1 Jul 202457 Spencefield Lane
Received 27 Oct 202531 Charter Street, Leicester Community Sports Arena
Received 18 Feb 202262 Deepdale
Received 9 Jul 2024146 Nedham Street
Received 5 Jun 2026384 Gipsy Lane
Received 29 Sept 2023Land rear of 35-37 Gipsy Lane (off Harrison Road)
Received 26 Feb 2024103 Northdene Road
Received 22 May 202361 Lanesborough Road
Received 22 Feb 2022256 Asquith Boulevard
Received 31 Mar 202597 Church Gate
Received 13 Nov 20232 Swallowdale Drive
Received 30 Aug 2022249-259 Narborough Road, part of ground floor
Received 23 Dec 202532 Donnington Street
Received 4 Aug 2021Northgate Street, Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 25 Aug 20266 Dingley Avenue
Received 30 Aug 20225 Springfield Road, Church View
Received 18 Dec 202343-45 Granby Street
Received 20 May 202121 Farm Close
Received 28 Jul 2021106 Kedleston Road
Received 16 Aug 2022Records 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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