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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4 approved · 2,170 refused · 437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
151 Melton Road
Received 16 Jun 202541 Oakland Avenue
Received 5 Nov 2024275 Abbey Lane
Received 2 Dec 202414 Dean Road
Received 29 Aug 202317 Lakeview Chase
Received 7 Mar 202435 Archway Road
Received 7 Mar 20227 Norwood Road
Received 4 Aug 202627 St Philips Road
Received 20 Mar 202326 St Ives Road
Received 6 Apr 202282-84 Humberstone Gate, 2-2A Wharf Street South
Received 28 Feb 2022Sir Jonathan North College Knighton Lane East
Received 10 Mar 2026Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre - High Street Entrance
Received 24 Oct 202489 Lindfield Road
Received 16 Apr 202549 Abbey Park Road, The Shoe Factory Rear of,
Received 3 Jul 2025107 Melton Road
Received 21 Feb 20236 Salisbury Road
Received 23 Sept 20223 Roseneath Avenue
Received 6 May 2022100 Tudor Road, Tudor Hotel PH
Received 20 Nov 20257 Upper King Street
Received 23 Jul 202431 Horsefair Street, Permanent House, Ground Part First Third And Fifth Floors
Received 28 Mar 202380-84 Hastings Road
Received 3 Apr 20233 Marydene Drive
Received 27 Sept 20216 Moores Road
Received 19 Apr 202112 Cross Street
Received 21 Nov 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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