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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4 approved · 2,055 refused · 388 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6-8 St Martins & 17 New Street
Received 7 Mar 2025138 Letchworth Road
Received 2 Aug 202428 Bovinger Road
Received 1 Nov 202120 Barnes Close
Received 19 Jul 2024Stoughton Drive and North of Gartree Road, land to East
Received 29 Aug 202529 Bushby Road
Received 23 Jun 2023High Street, unit SU73 Highcross Shopping Centre
Received 2 Dec 202521 Tichborne Street, Markaz Quba
Received 25 Jun 202689 Copdale Road
Received 9 Jul 202114 Berridge Lane
Received 3 Sept 2024160 Belgrave Commercial Centre, Units 1-3 Aka 7
Received 12 Jan 202351 Green Lane Road
Received 7 Sept 202194B London Road, Christopher House
Received 7 Feb 20238 Warren Close
Received 14 Jun 202117 Gayton Avenue
Received 30 Mar 2023102 - 120 Danvers Road, Garage Court Rear Of
Received 23 Jun 2025College Street, The Rowans
Received 29 Nov 20211 Pocklingtons Walk
Received 5 Mar 2021112 Wicklow Drive
Received 30 Apr 2021176-178 Highcross Street
Received 19 Sept 2025Car Park Rear of 60 Charles Street
Received 3 Apr 2023543-549 Aylestone Road
Received 3 Mar 202633 Evington Road
Received 22 Jul 202645A Stoneygate Road
Received 22 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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