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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4 approved · 2,195 refused · 452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Wingfield Street
Received 17 Feb 202372 Brixham Drive
Received 18 Dec 2023369 Uppingham Road
Received 14 Feb 2022276 Victoria Road East
Received 29 Jan 202412 Burlington Road
Received 19 May 202197 Granby Street
Received 14 Apr 2025University Road, University of Leicester, Engineering Building
Received 19 Apr 202314 Jarvis Street
Received 22 Feb 202220 Pinewood Close
Received 19 May 202529 Nottingham Road
Received 23 Apr 2024139 Green Lane Road
Received 17 Mar 202123 Beresford Drive
Received 29 Apr 2022103-105 Princess Road East
Received 15 Aug 20233 Hunter Road
Received 28 Mar 202431 Humberstone Gate, 9 Haymarket Towers, Tesco Express
Received 3 Dec 202191 Stanfell Road
Received 5 Sept 20233-5 London Street
Received 5 Jan 202650 Trenant Road, Tudor Grange Samworth Academy
Received 3 Dec 20242 Herongate Road
Received 30 Nov 20226 Birds Nest Avenue
Received 27 Feb 202485 Rowsley Street
Received 6 Oct 2022426 East Park Road
Received 5 Sept 202229 Shaftesbury Avenue
Received 5 May 2026Ashfield Road, Brookfield Bowling and Social Club
Received 26 Oct 2022Records 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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