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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4 approved · 2,235 refused · 469 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Ring Road
Received 9 Sept 2024257 Belgrave Gate
Received 17 Jul 20261 Hampshire Road
Received 28 Apr 20215 Spencefield Gardens
Received 28 Mar 202529 Stoneywell Road
Received 17 Aug 2021308 St Saviours Road, Unit 2
Received 4 Mar 202610 Sitwell Walk
Received 25 Sept 2024122 East Park Road
Received 1 Oct 202042 Freeman Road North
Received 17 Feb 202318 Disraeli Street
Received 15 Jul 20257-9 King Street
Received 8 Sept 202231 Balmoral Close
Received 4 Mar 20211 Bovinger Road
Received 28 Jan 2026200 Evington Lane, Evington Library
Received 13 Sept 202122 Avenue Road
Received 1 Sept 202294 Granby Street
Received 29 Jun 2021113-117 London Road
Received 7 Sept 2021132-134 London Road, First and Second Floors
Received 5 Mar 2026156-160 St Nicholas Circle, Jewry Wall Museum
Received 28 May 202541 Morland Avenue
Received 30 May 20225 Vaughan Road
Received 19 Jan 20237-9 Market Place
Received 21 Jul 202120 Tailby Avenue
Received 6 May 202618 Sackville Gardens
Received 21 Feb 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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