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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4 approved · 2,179 refused · 447 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
166 Mere Road
Received 5 Dec 2024BUSM, Ross Walk
Received 30 May 20235 Ashford Court, Elmsleigh Avenue
Received 15 May 202621 Thornville Close
Received 12 Apr 2023106 Somerset Avenue
Received 30 Oct 2024140 Waterside Road
Received 16 May 202365 Kirkwall Crescent
Received 19 Jun 202337 Welford Road, Reynard House
Received 1 Oct 202139-41 Narborough Road
Received 19 Feb 202599 Shackerdale Road
Received 27 Oct 202316 Hartfield Road
Received 22 Mar 2022Hospital Close, 15-63 (odd), 18-28 (even) and 48-54 (even)
Received 21 Mar 202436 Havencrest Drive
Received 29 Jul 202120 Southernhay Road
Received 15 Aug 202215 Elms Road, Lester Hall Apartments
Received 1 May 202467 Croyland Green
Received 5 Dec 202214 Laithwaite Close
Received 3 Nov 2025176 Wintersdale Road
Received 29 Mar 202117 Westmeath Avenue
Received 23 Jun 202261 Great Central Street, Global House
Received 18 May 202237 Milligan Road
Received 23 Jun 202653 Regent Road
Received 15 Nov 202251C Spencefield Lane
Received 29 Jun 202653 Bardolph Street
Received 27 Mar 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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