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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4 approved · 2,192 refused · 451 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Norfolk Street, 50 & 60 Fosse Road Central, 2 Stretton Road
Received 17 Jul 202417 Halford Street
Received 21 Aug 202351 Dumbleton Avenue
Received 30 Nov 2022Catherine Infant School, Ulverscroft Road
Received 24 Sept 202431 Plantation Avenue
Received 15 Oct 2020320 Scraptoft Lane
Received 23 Jan 2023Redeemed Christian Church Of God City Of Favour, St Saviours Church, 96 St Saviours Road
Received 12 Jun 2025Northgate Street and Soar Lane, Leicester Waterside
Received 15 Jun 2023Gipsy Lane, Towers Hospital
Received 21 May 20216 Foxglove Road
Received 1 Jun 2021212A Uppingham Road, bus shelter outside
Received 14 Dec 2020212 Queens Road
Received 25 Mar 202431 Hampden Road
Received 3 Nov 2025Winstanley House, Braunstone Park, Hinckley Road
Received 6 Feb 202550 Newstead Avenue
Received 12 Jun 202361 Millstone Lane, Southgate House
Received 19 Nov 202428 Marlow Road
Received 25 Oct 202114 Knighton Drive
Received 13 Apr 2021185 Kitchener Road
Received 1 Feb 202112 Tiverton Avenue
Received 7 Sept 2026227 Catherine Street
Received 24 May 202157 Adderley Road
Received 5 Feb 20257 Trenant Road
Received 20 Feb 20233 Rawson Street
Received 8 Feb 2024Records 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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