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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4 approved · 2,159 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Kingsbridge Crescent
Received 2 Aug 202169 Bryony Road
Received 8 Nov 202333 Raymond Road
Received 23 Sept 2024188 Welford Road
Received 23 Oct 202020 Darley Street
Received 24 Aug 202146 Dale Street
Received 30 Sept 202624 Central Avenue
Received 14 Apr 20251 Hoods Close
Received 23 Feb 202362-68 Constance Road, Land Between
Received 11 Feb 202113 Kingscliffe Crescent
Received 3 May 202325-27 Normanton Road
Received 13 Sept 2023283 Avenue Road Extension
Received 11 May 20262 Calver Hey Road
Received 1 Mar 202123 Exmoor Avenue
Received 27 Sept 202170 Berners Street
Received 1 Oct 202130 Bonnington Road
Received 28 May 202410 Finsbury Road
Received 15 Mar 202112 Rossett Drive
Received 26 Oct 2020219 -221 Welford Road
Received 2 Oct 2026Melton Road, Land North of Sainsburys, Volvo Leicester
Received 21 Mar 202488 Nansen Road
Received 26 Feb 2024219-221 Welford Road
Received 14 Aug 20238 Wicklow Drive
Received 3 Mar 202244 Upper Charnwood Street
Received 24 Aug 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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