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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4 approved · 2,145 refused · 425 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Copdale Road
Received 3 Jan 20243 Dillon Rise
Received 21 Nov 202237 Charlock Road
Received 14 Oct 20201 Wordsworth Road
Received 6 Dec 202150 Knighton Road
Received 20 Apr 20264 Leycroft Road, Pepsico International Limited
Received 12 Nov 2024Ulverscroft Road, Catherine Infant School
Received 25 Jul 202313 Woodland Avenue
Received 10 Nov 2020306-308 Uppingham Road, Land rear of
Received 24 Dec 2020Land rear of 268-270 Uppingham Road
Received 12 Jul 202239 Falconer Crescent
Received 31 Mar 2022Land between nos. 49 & 51 Nursery Road
Received 16 May 2024College Street, The Rowans
Received 29 Nov 2021Hillsborough Road, Eyres Monsell Community Centre
Received 20 Mar 202334 Oakthorpe Avenue
Received 8 Apr 2022102 Trevino Drive
Received 1 Oct 2020The Good Neighbours, 261 Aikman Avenue
Received 22 Oct 202432-40 Market Street, former Fenwick Building
Received 22 Jan 20216 Bedale Drive
Received 5 Mar 2025210 East Park Road
Received 3 Sept 202433 Limber Crescent
Received 10 Nov 202212 Highbury Road
Received 28 Apr 2023204 Wicklow Drive
Received 4 Dec 202040A Wood Street
Received 24 Apr 2024Records 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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