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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4 approved · 2,093 refused · 412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Braunstone Park, Winstanley House Hinckley Road Leicester LE3 1HX
Received 9 Apr 20269 Chorley Wood Road
Received 7 Mar 202439 Overton Road
Received 31 May 202414-16 Wellington Street, Telephone Exchange
Received 15 Dec 2021322 London Road, Kirk Lodge
Received 12 Oct 202227 Dane Street
Received 1 Mar 2024341 London Road, Martin House
Received 27 Jan 2022201 Knighton Road, Cradock Arms
Received 18 Oct 202312 Chadderton Close
Received 9 Aug 2021505 Uppingham Road
Received 27 Sept 202322 Mere Road
Received 21 Feb 202531 Ferndale Road
Received 21 Jun 202140 Marsden Lane
Received 3 Feb 202534A Rowsley Street, Rowsley Garage
Received 19 Dec 20238 Twickenham Road
Received 5 Mar 202540 Morland Avenue
Received 4 Apr 202223 Drinkstone Road
Received 14 Dec 20206 Cowdall Road
Received 23 Sept 202297 Church Gate
Received 13 Nov 2023173 Belgrave Gate
Received 9 Feb 2021Upperton Road, Student Roost
Received 11 Sept 20255 Northumberland Avenue
Received 5 Jul 2021University Road, Land Adjacent to Michael Atiyah Building
Received 7 Nov 202416 Sutton Avenue
Received 18 Nov 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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