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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4 approved · 2,227 refused · 466 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corn Exchange, front/Market Place
Received 14 Dec 2023Frog Island, Slater Street, Land at
Received 17 Jun 202579 Earl Howe Street
Received 6 Nov 2025261 Aikman Avenue, The Good Neighbours
Received 9 Jan 2023162 Spencefield Lane
Received 23 Apr 202128 Roundhill Road
Received 19 Jan 202160 Shirley Avenue
Received 19 Jun 2026Humberstone Junior Academy
Received 30 Sept 2022140 Evington Road
Received 9 Nov 2021185 London Road
Received 12 Jan 202254 Grasmere Street
Received 4 Apr 2023160 Belgrave Road, Belgrave Commercial Centre, Units 21-24 Aka 19-22
Received 2 Dec 202050 Hawthorne Street
Received 30 Sept 20244 Barbara Road
Received 19 Jul 2021150 Knighton Road, College Court
Received 3 Feb 202225 Herongate Road
Received 12 Dec 20239 -19 Ratcliffe Road
Received 2 Oct 202032, 34, 36 Barkbythorpe Road
Received 9 Aug 2023110 Nedham Street
Received 12 Apr 202140 Portishead Road
Received 25 Mar 2021298 Evington Road
Received 24 Jun 202535 Devonshire Road
Received 5 May 202159A Belgrave Road
Received 16 May 202563 Dumbleton Avenue
Received 22 Aug 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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