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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4 approved · 2,247 refused · 476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Barling Road
Received 8 Sept 202076 Uppingham Road
Received 22 Jul 2025Leicester College Freemens Park Campus, 145 Welford Road
Received 25 Apr 20244-6 New Street
Received 1 Jun 2022134 Hand Avenue
Received 15 Sept 2023200 Loughborough Road
Received 23 Jun 202135 West Street
Received 6 Feb 20243 Weaver Road
Received 12 Sept 2022Halifax Drive, St Lukes Church
Received 17 Oct 202242 Gough Road
Received 15 Mar 2021Town Hall Square, Town Hall
Received 10 Aug 202611 Yeoman Street, Yeoman Court
Received 14 Oct 20222 Dore Road
Received 2 Apr 202439 Gallowtree Gate / 59 Market Place
Received 30 Jun 2025348 Humberstone Lane
Received 22 Jun 202695 Greenhill Road
Received 12 Mar 2025Melbourne Road, Uplands Junior Lead Academy
Received 28 Jun 20212 Birsmore Avenue
Received 10 Mar 2021135 Carisbrooke Road
Received 12 Apr 202184 Helena Crescent
Received 23 Apr 202599 Buckminster Road
Received 24 Mar 202390 Bloomfield Road
Received 15 Jan 202415A Evington Lane
Received 24 Nov 20219 Royal Road
Received 8 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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