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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4 approved · 2,228 refused · 466 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Tomlin Road
Received 12 Jun 2025Wanstead Road, 53 Wanstead Industrial Park, Unit 17
Received 6 Apr 2023486 Uppingham Road
Received 1 Oct 2021Sunningdale Road, Sunningdale Road Industrial Park
Received 28 Nov 202215 Carisbrooke Road, Land Adjacent
Received 5 May 202364 Holmfield Road
Received 13 Feb 202617 Lothair Road
Received 9 Jul 202131-35 Sturdee Road, Land to Rear
Received 11 Mar 2020190 London Road
Received 20 May 202633 Moulton Road
Received 24 Aug 202242 Longhurst Close
Received 6 Aug 202042 Thurnview Road
Received 18 Nov 202148 Alderton Close
Received 15 Aug 2022Abbey Park Road, Former Advanced Tapes and Bus Depot
Received 15 Aug 2023200 Uppingham Road
Received 15 Dec 2021Hanover Close
Received 1 Jul 202424 Wheatley Road
Received 28 Jul 202115 Brambling Road
Received 24 Jun 20208 Warren Close
Received 7 May 2024475 Saffron Lane
Received 12 Apr 202374 Briarfield Drive
Received 29 Mar 2021Springfield Road, Clarendon Park Congregational Church
Received 17 Apr 2023Asa House, 11 Ash Street
Received 30 Nov 20201 Tranter Place
Received 21 Jan 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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