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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4 approved · 2,115 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Gipsy Road
Received 13 Feb 2023177 Glenfield Road
Received 25 Jan 202135 Oakside Crescent
Received 29 Nov 2024259-261 Belgrave Gate
Received 5 Mar 2026587 Uppingham Road
Received 10 Feb 202580 Hallaton Road
Received 9 Feb 202414 Lockerbie Avenue
Received 24 Dec 2020256 Narborough Road
Received 30 Nov 202126 Newcombe Road
Received 26 Nov 202066 Braunstone Gate, Bar 66
Received 26 Jul 2023422C Uppingham Road
Received 23 Jan 20242 Overpark Avenue
Received 19 Jul 2023425 Gleneagles Avenue
Received 28 Oct 202026 Springfield Road
Received 8 Sept 2022250 Coleman Road
Received 21 Jul 2021200 Avenue Road Extension
Received 14 Oct 202164 Mansfield Street, Creative Mill
Received 29 Jul 2025500 Uppingham Road
Received 12 Mar 202424 Adderley Road
Received 14 Jan 2022349 London Road
Received 3 Dec 2020Causeway Lane, bus shelter outside Highcross Unit MSU 11A
Received 20 Nov 202032 Blundell Road
Received 18 May 2023103 Knighton Church Road
Received 15 Sept 202178 Aberdale Road
Received 29 Mar 2022Records 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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