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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4 approved · 2,184 refused · 448 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Granville Road, De Montfort Hall
Received 19 Oct 202078 Welland Vale Road
Received 6 Aug 202419 Halford Street, First Floor
Received 13 Dec 2022162 Kedleston Road
Received 13 Oct 202116 Oakside Crescent
Received 9 Jun 202527 Tudor Road
Received 6 Jul 202120 Stoneygate Road, Albert Court
Received 31 May 2024Uxbridge Road, Site of Former Belgrave Pumping Station
Received 11 Dec 202537 Gipsy Road
Received 30 May 2025160 Belgrave Commercial Centre, Units 1-3 Aka 7
Received 12 Jan 202313 Mason Row
Received 12 Feb 202171 Wakerley Road
Received 4 May 2021151 Victoria Road East
Received 26 Apr 20235A Knighton Park Road
Received 17 Aug 2023133 Shanklin Drive
Received 4 May 202219 Cooden Avenue
Received 17 Mar 20259 Peters Drive
Received 5 Aug 2021114 Surrey Street
Received 13 Apr 20234 Wharf Street South
Received 11 Nov 20201 Scholars Walk
Received 19 Apr 202269 Uppingham Road
Received 18 May 2023Ottawa Road; Edmonton Road; Lethbridge Close
Received 7 May 202172 Lambert Road
Received 12 Feb 202110A Talbot Lane
Received 5 Jun 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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