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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4 approved · 2,153 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Herthull Road
Received 18 Mar 2025Evington Leisure Centre
Received 22 Jan 20251 Sanvey Gate
Received 14 Dec 202337 Loughborough Road
Received 6 Jan 2021Rutland Street, Athena
Received 10 Jan 2024155 Ryder Road
Received 13 Feb 2023133 Abbey Lane
Received 14 Jul 2021370 London Road
Received 19 Oct 202254 Abbots Road North
Received 3 Feb 2025163 Evington Road
Received 10 Aug 20229 Sudeley Avenue
Received 15 Sept 202238 Evington Valley Road
Received 19 Apr 202137 Sanvey Lane
Received 28 Nov 202264 Hylion Road
Received 4 Aug 2025Leicester General Hospital, Brandon Unit
Received 9 Jan 202391 Keightley Road
Received 20 Feb 2023238 East Park Road
Received 2 Dec 20259 Burnham Drive
Received 1 Jun 20215 Pendene Road
Received 16 Jul 2024165 Howard Road
Received 17 Jan 202285 Blissett Road
Received 17 Mar 2025144 Coleman Road
Received 1 Nov 202410 Milton Crescent
Received 13 May 20267 Horsefair Street
Received 20 Dec 2021Records 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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