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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4 approved · 2,111 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Oxford Street, The Bowling Green
Received 27 Apr 202331 Darley Street
Received 14 Feb 20228 Toller Road
Received 8 Nov 2021123A Barkby Road
Received 17 Jan 202581 Clarendon Park Road
Received 25 Jul 202240 Martival
Received 7 Oct 2026108 Granby Street
Received 2 Sept 202215 Sudeley Avenue
Received 3 Aug 202132 Leicester Street
Received 23 Aug 202131 Braemar Drive
Received 3 Jun 20214 Speers Road
Received 18 Oct 20212 Overton Road
Received 2 Aug 2024College Street, Collegiate House
Received 16 Sept 20241 St Philips Road, St Philips Court
Received 6 Jun 202282 Gooding Avenue
Received 6 Jul 202357 Fairfax Road
Received 16 Dec 2024279 Welford Road
Received 13 Dec 202215-17 Halford Street
Received 17 Sept 20218 Bathurst Road
Received 25 Mar 202259 Church Gate
Received 16 Oct 20235 Granby Avenue
Received 31 Mar 202211 Tollemache Avenue
Received 19 Jan 202436 Overton Road
Received 4 Dec 202376 Sanvey Lane
Received 23 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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