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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4 approved · 2,062 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
182 London Road
Received 10 Aug 202653 Francis Street, Land Rear of
Received 7 Mar 2023113 Heacham Drive
Received 7 Jul 20256 Evesham Road
Received 19 Jan 20213 Ditchling Avenue
Received 11 Oct 202112 Gainsborough Road
Received 18 Jun 2026168 Evington Lane
Received 2 Sept 202144 Purley Road
Received 6 May 202112 Cross Street
Received 16 Dec 202243 Scarborough Road
Received 9 Oct 20248 Knighton Road
Received 30 Jul 20217 Duncombe Road
Received 5 Jun 202596 Osmaston Road
Received 2 Aug 202316 Delaware Road
Received 26 Feb 202119 Milford Road
Received 11 Aug 2023North Mead Primary Academy, Northfield Road
Received 10 Mar 202321 Lindsay Road
Received 1 Jul 202625 Rockley Road
Received 18 Jul 202434 Lee Street
Received 24 Mar 202522 Cameron Avenue
Received 25 Feb 202238 Narborough Road
Received 4 May 202211-15 and 19-35 Conduit Street
Received 5 Apr 20221A Garfield Street
Received 13 Dec 202111-15 Guildhall Lane
Received 21 May 2025Records 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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