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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4 approved · 2,205 refused · 456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thurnby Lodge Service Station, Thurncourt Road
Received 8 Aug 202265 Hillsborough Road
Received 5 Nov 2024129 Wigston Lane
Received 13 Feb 202361 Lanesborough Road
Received 22 Jun 202259 Byway Road
Received 7 Mar 202231 St Peters Road
Received 11 Oct 202425 Essex Road
Received 2 Nov 20204 Leycroft Road, Pepsico International Limited
Received 31 Aug 2023Chancel Road, Glebelands Primary School
Received 3 Mar 20233 Mill Hill Lane
Received 4 Oct 202419-23 Burleys Way
Received 1 Jun 202241 Withcote Avenue
Received 16 Jan 2023139-141 Loughborough Road, Shree Swaminarayan Temple
Received 28 Jun 202430 Strathmore Avenue
Received 9 Jun 202210-12 Granby Street
Received 5 Aug 20264 Hogarth Road
Received 1 Sept 2022114 Surrey Street
Received 13 Apr 2023328 London Road, Stoneygate Oaklands Residential Home
Received 25 May 202167 Evington Drive
Received 21 Aug 20205 Freemens Common Road
Received 9 Sept 2021115 Uppingham Road
Received 4 Nov 2020271 London Road
Received 3 Feb 202116 Ragdale Road
Received 16 Oct 202011 Archway Road
Received 14 Jul 2026Records 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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