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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4 approved · 2,200 refused · 454 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Marfitt Street
Received 21 Jun 2021Linden Primary School, Headland Road
Received 6 Nov 202594 Averil Road
Received 4 Jun 202514 Raywell Road
Received 28 May 20212 Alexandra Road
Received 2 Feb 202645 Plantation Avenue
Received 10 Sept 202616 Bembridge Close
Received 23 Sept 202439 Lutterworth Road
Received 3 Dec 20259 Sandringham Avenue
Received 17 Jan 2024Gillman Road (numbers: 8, 10)
Received 26 Aug 202280-84 High Street
Received 31 Aug 202254 Northcote Road
Received 11 Aug 202223 St Johns Road
Received 20 Feb 2025551 Saffron Lane
Received 5 Jan 2023316-318 Welford Road
Received 19 Apr 20223 Berridge Street, Phoenix House
Received 28 Jun 202330 East Street, St Johns House
Received 23 May 202526 Gough Road
Received 22 Aug 202479 Somerville Road
Received 4 Dec 2023143 Loughborough Road
Received 2 May 2023120 Wicklow Drive
Received 3 Sept 202048 King Edward Road
Received 28 Jul 2021Abbey Pumping Station Museum, Corporation Road
Received 13 Aug 2020Atlas Close, off Apollo Close, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA)
Received 10 Dec 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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