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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4 approved · 2,236 refused · 471 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Selby Avenue
Received 28 Apr 202532 Welland Vale Road
Received 16 Jun 2022117 Keyham Lane West
Received 2 Sept 202538 Ellesmere Road
Received 15 Jun 202645 East Bond Street, Charles Berry Houses
Received 30 Jun 20216 Edgehill Road
Received 19 Jun 2025252-258 Knighton Lane East, Rugby Football Club Building at rear
Received 18 Feb 202540 Duncombe Road
Received 17 Aug 202349 Lutterworth Road
Received 24 Mar 202121-23 Dover Street
Received 8 Oct 202051 Blackbird Road
Received 16 Jan 2025128 Davenport Road
Received 26 Oct 2020151 Harrington Street
Received 29 Jun 202218 Herthull Road
Received 24 Jan 2025403 London Road
Received 4 Jan 202247 Alderton Close
Received 11 Oct 202234 Pine Tree Avenue, Leicester, LE5 1AJ
Received 10 Jan 202529 Hughenden Drive
Received 12 Aug 20216 Barbara Avenue
Received 26 Aug 20218 St Johns Road
Received 5 Sept 2025145 Harrow Road
Received 14 May 202499 Pindar Road
Received 16 Dec 202237 Crown Hills Avenue
Received 10 Sept 2026410 Uppingham Road
Received 8 Jul 2021Records 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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