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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4 approved · 2,109 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Kensington Street
Received 3 Jun 202620 Ring Road, Land to Rear
Received 9 Feb 202119 Welford Court
Received 3 Jul 2024Vehicle Park After 100 Havelock Street
Received 11 Sept 202411 Belgrave Avenue
Received 30 Nov 202086 Belgrave Boulevard
Received 7 Jan 202111-15 and 19-35 Conduit Street
Received 2 Sept 2022The Glen, Hillsborough Road
Received 11 Jun 202566 Ocean Road
Received 14 Jun 20238 Princess Road West
Received 24 Aug 202355 Barclay Street, 11-13-15 Browning Street, Narborough Road Islamic Centre
Received 26 Oct 202261 Dunster Street
Received 15 Jul 2022337 Narborough Road
Received 18 Mar 202473 Market Place
Received 5 Dec 202327 Babingley Drive
Received 7 Oct 20211 Foxon Street, Black Horse
Received 28 Apr 202319 Braemar Close
Received 1 Nov 202126 Melton Road
Received 4 Jan 2022100 Church Gate
Received 16 Jun 2022West Gate School, Glenfield Road
Received 23 Mar 2022Car park opposite 40 Almond Road
Received 2 Mar 2021416 Aylestone Road
Received 19 Oct 2021Gipsy Lane, Towers Hospital
Received 17 Mar 202120 Withcote Avenue
Received 27 Oct 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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