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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4 approved · 2,237 refused · 471 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
324-328 London Road, Oliver Court
Received 23 Mar 202331 Lower Brown Street, The Hosiery Factory
Received 30 Jul 202436 Pine Tree Avenue
Received 4 Jan 202338 Knighton Road
Received 24 Feb 202642-54 Masjid Ali Mosque, Smith Dorrien Road
Received 14 Nov 2024136 Westcotes Drive, Bradgate House
Received 21 May 202533 Edgehill Road
Received 11 Mar 202421 Elms Road
Received 8 Dec 2020Infirmary Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Received 7 Apr 202155 Francis Street
Received 28 Feb 2023531 Welford Road
Received 2 Apr 202578 Wood Hill
Received 16 Sept 202436 Queniborough Road
Received 5 Sept 2024Aylestone Road, Gas Site
Received 8 Mar 202256 Stretton Road
Received 15 Jul 202172-74 Western Road
Received 8 Mar 202375 Belgrave Road
Received 7 Jul 2025Canon Street, Viaduct Works
Received 28 Jan 20252 Greystoke Walk
Received 16 Jan 20253 Romway Road
Received 30 Nov 2021104 Baggrave Street
Received 25 Oct 202131 Waterloo Way, Arnhem House
Received 20 Apr 202680 Roberts Road
Received 24 Nov 20212 Ireton Avenue
Received 2 Dec 2024Records 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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