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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4 approved · 2,105 refused · 416 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Farrier Lane
Received 17 May 20215 Bowling Green Street
Received 24 Jan 202248 Abbots Road North
Received 5 Feb 202424 Abbots Road South, Land Rear of
Received 19 Feb 202628-32 Hinckley Road, part of shop
Received 20 Mar 2024Lancaster Road. Medical Sciences Building
Received 22 Aug 202265 Tennis Court Drive
Received 6 Aug 20217 Victoria Avenue
Received 31 Mar 202249 Birds Nest Avenue
Received 6 Sept 2024161 Wigston Lane
Received 6 Apr 2021Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital, Diabetes Care Unit
Received 14 Feb 202563 Downing Drive
Received 19 Mar 2021159 Loughborough Road
Received 10 Nov 202153 Helena Crescent
Received 16 Jun 20253 Uppingham Close
Received 25 Oct 202111 The Slade Greens
Received 19 May 20228 Kenwood Road
Received 9 Jun 2021158 Barkby Road, Unit A
Received 18 Jan 20239B St Johns Road, The Gables
Received 30 Jul 202118 Northcote Road
Received 2 Apr 202629 Chorley Wood Road
Received 2 Feb 2024119 Prestwold Road
Received 6 Mar 2024191 Avenue Road Extension
Received 10 Sept 202178 Woodgate
Received 24 Apr 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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