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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4 approved · 2,155 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
681 Welford Road
Received 2 Apr 2024143-145 Narborough Road
Received 17 Sept 2020141 Kitchener Road
Received 5 Mar 202657 Pitchens Close
Received 15 Dec 202596 Jarrom Street
Received 3 Nov 2021263 London Road, Melbourne House
Received 1 Oct 2019Melbourne Hall Evangelical Free Church, St Peters Road
Received 29 Sept 202131 Charter Street, Leicester Community Sports Arena
Received 28 Jul 202230 Strathmore Avenue
Received 20 Feb 202368 Cuffling Drive
Received 20 Jun 2023175 Upperton Road
Received 15 Feb 2021Hanover Close, land at rear
Received 15 Dec 202239 Cairnsford Road
Received 27 Feb 20234 Elmsleigh Avenue
Received 10 Feb 202275 Shanklin Drive
Received 5 Mar 202512 Granby Avenue
Received 16 Jun 2023109 Knighton Lane East
Received 15 Jul 202621 Furrow View, Avanti Fields School
Received 5 May 202115 The Langhill
Received 23 Jul 202523 Trevino Drive
Received 12 May 2022123 Abbey Lane, Prospect Works
Received 27 Mar 2025St Pauls Catholic School, Spencefield Lane
Received 14 Feb 20236 Musson Road
Received 26 Feb 20242 St Marys Road, Springfield
Received 7 Feb 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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