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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4 approved · 2,162 refused · 433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Deancourt Road
Received 23 Jun 202562 Deepdale
Received 5 Sept 202325 Penrith Road
Received 19 May 202340 Belvoir Street
Received 29 Apr 20224 Ambassador Road
Received 21 Aug 202456 Charles Street, bus shelter outside
Received 14 Dec 2020106 Queens Road
Received 19 May 202113 Overdale Road
Received 10 Jan 2022335 London Road
Received 8 Dec 2025Ashton Green, Leicester Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Thurcaston Road, Leicester
Received 20 May 2026226 Clarendon Park Road
Received 16 Oct 202019 Sheringham Road
Received 4 Apr 202450 Myrtle Road
Received 10 Dec 202037 Edgehill Road
Received 26 Jan 202450 Skampton Road
Received 28 Jun 2021132-140 Highcross Street and rear of 61 Great Central Street
Received 1 Jul 2025Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Grace Road
Received 2 Sept 2021150 Doncaster Road
Received 25 Jul 20251 Shelford Walk
Received 12 Feb 2024Caldecote Community Primary School
Received 1 Nov 202113 Bodnant Avenue
Received 24 Jun 202645 Sanvey Lane
Received 26 Jul 2021130 Glenfield Road
Received 2 Jun 202527A Knighton Road
Received 26 Oct 2023Records 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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