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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4 approved · 2,189 refused · 450 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stokes Wood Primary School
Received 1 Nov 202135 Redwood Walk
Received 20 Dec 2020101 Knighton Fields Road West
Received 16 Oct 202483-87 Wellington Street, Baker And Soars, Flat 4
Received 18 Sept 2023111 Liberty Road
Received 30 Nov 202168 Naseby Road
Received 30 Jul 20216 University Road
Received 9 Sept 202684 Wicklow Drive
Received 8 Aug 202411 Stoneygate Avenue
Received 11 Sept 2020255 Melton Road
Received 7 Oct 202473 Melrose Street
Received 6 Jan 2021Church Lane, Thatched Cottage
Received 21 Aug 202332, 34 & 36 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 14 Oct 202253 Mount Road
Received 24 May 2023295 St Saviours Road
Received 9 Mar 202115 Brazil Street
Received 6 Jun 2022122 London Road
Received 28 Jun 20228 Buckingham Drive
Received 7 Mar 202557 Rutland Street, Leicester International Complex
Received 27 May 20218 Bushby Road
Received 2 Sept 20201 Chepstow Road, Shop
Received 5 Aug 20215 Stanley Road, Stanley Court
Received 25 Jun 2026Leicester Frith Hospital, The Bennion Centre Residential Wards
Received 9 Jul 202561A Aylestone Drive
Received 12 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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