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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4 approved · 2,177 refused · 445 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Colchester Road
Received 13 Feb 202331 Wilson Street
Received 30 Dec 202481 Frederick Road
Received 20 Aug 2020136-138 Evington Road
Received 14 Nov 202272 Trevino Drive
Received 9 Mar 20219 Parkstone Road
Received 5 Mar 20212 Helena Crescent
Received 1 Dec 202540 Lutterworth Road
Received 21 Apr 202322 Hartington Road
Received 19 Dec 2023121 Cooper Street
Received 8 Jan 202619 Lower Willow Street
Received 21 Dec 20211B Elmfield Avenue, Elmfield House
Received 14 Aug 202690 Wellington Street, Crown Court
Received 9 Dec 2020Car park opposite 40 Almond Road
Received 9 Apr 202117 The Portwey
Received 27 Nov 2020Trevanth Road, Unit 1
Received 7 Oct 20253 Elmdale Street
Received 3 Feb 202215 Dunbar Road
Received 30 Jun 20217 Oakridge Close
Received 3 Jan 20236 Park Hill Drive
Received 7 Aug 202538 Blackbird Road
Received 6 Jun 202211 Roundhill Road
Received 19 Feb 202124 Holmfield Road
Received 19 Mar 202519 Linden Drive
Received 25 Jan 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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