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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4 approved · 2,075 refused · 397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Stonehaven Road
Received 19 Oct 2023Hawkins Road, Land to rear
Received 5 Jun 202633 Southfields Drive
Received 20 Dec 20225 Kendal Road
Received 1 Nov 202346 Netherhall Road
Received 26 Feb 2021The former chapel and 31 - 37 Overton Road
Received 14 Sept 2022Fletton Close, Unit 2
Received 14 Nov 2023101 Narborough Road
Received 2 Oct 202330 Baggrave Street
Received 7 Jun 2023Unit A 148 Melton Road
Received 24 May 202195 Avebury Avenue
Received 21 Jun 2021136-138 Evington Road
Received 2 May 2023Victoria Park Road, Victoria Park
Received 27 Jun 2023143 Prestwold Road
Received 21 Aug 202347-55 Northgate Street
Received 11 May 2021Ratcliffe Road, Ashlands Residential Home
Received 15 Dec 20203 Summerlea Road
Received 30 Sept 20226A Davenport Road
Received 8 Sept 202219 Evington Street
Received 16 Nov 202289 Vaughan Way, pavement opposite
Received 18 Aug 2026470 Groby Road
Received 30 Apr 2021370 Humberstone Lane
Received 3 Jun 202554 Somerville Road
Received 27 Sept 202337 Roseneath Avenue
Received 27 Oct 2021Records 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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