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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4 approved · 2,133 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Thomasson Road
Received 28 Mar 2023Aylestone Road, Gas Site
Received 1 Sept 20234 Homemead Avenue
Received 20 May 202633 Elizabeth Street
Received 4 Dec 2023Halifax Drive, St Lukes Church
Received 8 Apr 2024159 Knighton Lane East
Received 21 Sept 2023Charnor Road, Forest Lodge Education Centre
Received 22 May 202355 Home Farm Close, Home Farm Neighbourhood Centre
Received 15 Jun 20266 Burnham Drive
Received 21 Dec 202318 Daneshill Road
Received 15 Apr 202621 Battersbee Road, Land Adjacent
Received 9 Aug 2022107 Granby Street, Last Plantagenet
Received 16 Nov 202221 Thirlmere Street
Received 13 May 202128 Mereworth Close
Received 9 Sept 202510 Wyvern Avenue
Received 11 Nov 2025117 Glenfield Road
Received 23 Oct 20237 Cairnsford Road
Received 16 May 2023Evington Lane, The Leicestershire Golf Club
Received 24 May 20236 Renishaw Drive
Received 13 Sept 202116 Horston Road
Received 27 Mar 202316 Bayberry Gardens
Received 28 Jun 202319 Scraptoft Lane
Received 29 Nov 202348 Upper Tichborne Street
Received 4 Nov 202434 Ratcliffe Road
Received 18 Mar 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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