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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4 approved · 2,241 refused · 472 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Milligan Road
Received 26 Jul 202357 Briarfield Drive
Received 24 May 20221 Oliver Road
Received 10 Jan 202217 Claymill Road, Heddon House
Received 4 Oct 20216 Castle View
Received 8 May 2023377 Uppingham Road
Received 15 May 20258 Knighton Grange Road
Received 8 Oct 2020192 Western Road
Received 15 Jun 202641 Lytton Road
Received 23 Oct 2020216 Uppingham Road
Received 16 Dec 2024396 Green Lane Road
Received 10 May 2021320 London Road, Leicester Islamic School
Received 17 May 20231 Monks Crescent
Received 19 Mar 202641 Duncombe Road
Received 28 Apr 2022254 Green Lane Road
Received 14 Jul 202136 Thomson Close
Received 23 Jul 202660 Sunningdale Road
Received 20 Jun 20254 Wensley Rise
Received 6 Feb 202320 Boynton Road
Received 9 Oct 202041 Peters Drive
Received 28 Oct 202546 Lutterworth Road
Received 4 Nov 20218 Bath House Lane, Highcross Shopping Centre
Received 15 Jan 2025100 Fowler Close, Brooks House
Received 12 Sept 2022235 Scraptoft Lane
Received 29 Jun 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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