Planning and building

• Grand revamp for historic hotel and shopping street

  19 December 2024

  3 minute read

  MAIN works to revamp one of Leicester’s busiest shopping streets and refurbish the street-facing ground floor of the landmark Grand Hotel building are now complete.

• Council plans new affordable homes for vacant site

  10 December 2024

  2 minute read

  A DISUSED block of flats – that has stood empty for over seven years – is to be demolished to make way for new affordable housing.

• Work starts on velodrome site housing scheme

  12 November 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK to build 38 low-carbon, energy-efficient council homes on the site of Leicester’s former velodrome is now under way.

• Developers sought for next phase of house building at Ashton Green

  30 October 2024

  2 minute read

  DEVELOPERS are being sought to deliver the next wave of homes on a major new housing development on the edge of Leicester.

• City Mayor presents new proposal for Leicester Market

  28 October 2024

  7 minute read

  A NEW proposal for the future of Leicester Market is to go out to consultation, after work on the city’s market place was paused earlier this year.

• New industrial park gearing up for business

  17 September 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK to create a new, low carbon industrial park on the site of former council offices at Leicester’s Blackbird Road is nearing completion.

• Second contractor working on Jewry Wall Museum project folds

  5 September 2024

  2 minute read

  THE opening of Leicester’s Jewry Wall Museum and Visitor Centre – currently under-going a multi-million pound transformation – has been delayed following the collapse of a second contractor working on the project.

• Views sought on historic conservation area in Braunstone

  5 July 2024

  3 minute read

  A CONSULTATION is asking for people to share their views on how the special character of Braunstone village should be preserved.

• Leicester’s market place: have your say

  4 June 2024

  7 minute read

  THE DEMOLITION of the old roof and the heavy wooden stalls that were home to Leicester Market has revealed the huge scale of the city’s historic market place – and provided a reminder of how the space looked for most of its past.

• Market plan review offers 'once in a generation' chance for new event space

  22 May 2024

  7 minute read

  PLANS for the regeneration of Leicester’s market place could be under review, now that the demolition of the old market infrastructure has revealed the huge potential of the historic space.

• Demolition team starts revamp of Leicester Market

  4 March 2024

  2 minute read

  THE FIRST stage in the ambitious transformation of Leicester’s historic market will get under way this week.

• Record number of pupils receive offers of a city secondary school

  1 March 2024

  1 minute read

  THOUSANDS of children will be offered places at Leicester secondary schools today – with a record number of children being offered a year 7 place at a city school.