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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Leicester website
4 approved · 2,287 refused · 492 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eastcourt Road, Overdale Infant And Junior Schools
Received 17 Jan 20232 Cross Keys Green
Received 30 Oct 20232 Toller Road
Received 28 Oct 202575 Market Place
Received 4 Apr 202325 Guthridge Crescent
Received 5 Jan 202373 Granby Street, Ramada Jarvis
Received 4 Mar 2025199 Scraptoft Lane
Received 21 Sept 202327 Knighton Road
Received 12 May 202070 Avebury Avenue
Received 30 Jan 20237-9 Market Place
Received 10 Feb 2026Grace Road, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Received 6 Aug 20219 Park View
Received 6 Jul 202210 Talbot Lane
Received 20 Jan 202356 Bodnant Avenue
Received 24 Apr 202411-13 Market Street
Received 7 Feb 202227 Heather Road
Received 3 Dec 20215 Bolton Road
Received 26 Nov 2024186 Saffron Lane
Received 7 Dec 202159 Central Road
Received 24 Jun 202279-81 Queniborough Road
Received 21 Sept 202025 Herongate Road
Received 15 Jul 2024Kenwood Road, Leicester Bowling Club
Received 8 Nov 202357 Spencefield Lane
Received 23 Jun 20232 Fountains Avenue
Received 5 Feb 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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