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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4 approved · 2,083 refused · 405 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Causeway Lane, Msu 11b/Msu 11c Highcross
Received 1 Dec 202282 Vaughan Way, National Spiritualist Church
Received 16 Oct 202512 Constitution Hill, Ibis Hotel
Received 8 Feb 2021180 Catherine Street
Received 28 Jul 202333 Woodstock Road
Received 4 Sept 202614 Mckay Avenue
Received 26 Feb 20248 Faldo Close
Received 16 Dec 202110 Purley Road
Received 26 Mar 20242 Cloughton Road
Received 28 Jul 202521 Stockland Road
Received 31 Jul 202448 Dunton Street
Received 3 Jun 202662-64 Fosse Road South, land to rear, fronting onto Livingstone Street
Received 21 Dec 202169 Lancashire Street
Received 5 May 2023171-173 London Road
Received 15 Dec 202396 Jarrom Street
Received 4 Nov 20258 Elbow Lane, The Loom
Received 25 Nov 2020120 Somerset Avenue
Received 23 Jul 202117 Wetherby Road
Received 27 Sept 20247 Church Avenue
Received 29 Mar 202238 Goldhill
Received 2 May 2025Ulverscroft, 22 South Knighton Road
Received 10 Dec 202449 Marjorie Street
Received 4 May 202270 Jacklin Drive
Received 29 Mar 202314 Peake Road
Received 17 Feb 2026Records 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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