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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4 approved · 2,100 refused · 412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Shanklin Drive
Received 18 Nov 2021St Anne's Parish Church
Received 24 May 202496 Kerrysdale Avenue
Received 24 May 2021Building adjacent to 5 Hammercliffe Road
Received 26 Jun 202323 Petworth Drive
Received 24 Mar 20251 Andrewes Street
Received 6 Oct 202112 Raywell Road
Received 27 Oct 2025103 Roehampton Drive
Received 15 Aug 2025Hollybank Court, 193 London Road
Received 20 Apr 202115 Biggin Hill Road
Received 12 Apr 20211-13 Granby Street
Received 1 Mar 20231 Goldhill Road
Received 23 Jul 2024111 Evington Drive
Received 4 Dec 2020125 Wicklow Drive
Received 15 Jun 2026Glenfield Hospital, land to West
Received 4 Aug 2023Main Street, Humberstone Junior Academy
Received 4 Jul 202317 Roundhill Road
Received 22 Sept 20266 Ballater Close
Received 10 Jun 2025132-140 Highcross Street and rear of 61 Great Central Street
Received 11 Jul 202532 Stoneygate Road, Stoneycroft
Received 15 Aug 20251C Glenfield Road
Received 20 Oct 2025170 Maidstone Road
Received 7 Oct 202416 Alvaston Road
Received 18 Oct 20247-9 Horsefair Street
Received 29 Nov 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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