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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4 approved · 2,062 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Wyvern Avenue
Received 8 Jun 202144 Clarendon Park Road
Received 5 Oct 202675 Belgrave Road
Received 3 Nov 202515 Herricks Avenue
Received 14 Mar 2022418 Thurcaston Road
Received 29 Nov 202324 Lincoln Street
Received 3 May 2022Filbert Way, Land at and adjacent to the King Power Football Stadium
Received 20 Oct 202123 Old Church Street, Vine Cottage
Received 8 Aug 20222 Withcote Avenue
Received 11 Jun 202673 Swithland Avenue
Received 24 Aug 202311 Abbotsford Road
Received 28 Feb 202363 Landseer Road
Received 5 May 202190 Tennis Court Drive
Received 27 Jan 202646 Whitteney Drive North
Received 17 Feb 2025Oronsay Road, The Meadows
Received 11 May 202112 Copdale Road, Usmani Education Trust
Received 21 Jun 202340A Wood Street
Received 7 Mar 2022Ashton Green, Parcel 4
Received 25 Jul 202528-32 Hinckley Road
Received 20 Mar 202417 Medina Road
Received 14 Nov 202232 Glendon Street
Received 23 Feb 2021117 Averil Road
Received 28 Jul 20268 Oakdene Road
Received 16 Dec 202510 Thomson Close
Received 19 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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