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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4 approved · 2,216 refused · 461 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highcross Street, Great Central Street and All Saints Open
Received 13 Mar 202520 Hallaton Street
Received 5 Mar 202174 Lamborne Road
Received 12 Feb 202112 Severn Street
Received 4 Aug 2021Meadows Way, land off
Received 14 Feb 2024440 Uppingham Road
Received 27 Mar 2026Bath Lane, Former Merlin Works
Received 15 Sept 2020Netherhall School
Received 1 Nov 20214 Bannerman Road
Received 19 May 2023275 New Parks Boulevard
Received 1 Nov 20243 Ramsbury Road
Received 13 Jan 202518 Charlock Road
Received 8 May 20248A Stonehaven Road
Received 28 Dec 202333 Overton Road (formerly The former chapel and 31 - 37 Overton Road)
Received 10 Nov 20227 Vicarage Gardens
Received 31 Jul 202633 Castle Street, Castle Court
Received 23 Aug 2023Welford Road, Freemen’s Bar and Kitchen, Freemen's Common Campus
Received 6 Oct 2025St Saviours Road, St Saviours Church
Received 14 Sept 202169 Conaglen Road
Received 1 Sept 202034 Elms Road
Received 19 Aug 202081 Clarendon Park Road
Received 4 May 202125 Southernhay Close
Received 23 Feb 202327 Wilberforce Road
Received 23 Feb 202230 Strathmore Avenue
Received 14 Mar 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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