Planning and building

• Plans put forward for two new children’s homes

  8 October 2026

  2 minute read

  PLANS have been put forward to create two new city council-run children’s homes.

• New walkway to link city centre squares and provide new green space

  23 September 2026

  3 minute read

  DESIGNS for a new walkway that would link Leicester’s Green Dragon Square with St Martin’s Square, and complete the route from Town Hall Square, have been revealed by the city council.

• Tenants move into new council bungalows in Leicester

  27 August 2026

  4 minute read

  THE first tenants are set to move into brand new, fully adapted council bungalows built on the site of Leicester's former Saffron Lane velodrome.

• Council announces £4m boost for Leicester city centre

  13 August 2026

  2 minute read

  Leicester city centre is set to benefit from a £4million package of improvements designed to make it more welcoming for residents, businesses and visitors.

• Budget boost to get railway station revamp back on track

  14 July 2026

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has been given the go-ahead to reallocate almost £10 million of Government funding to help ensure that a radical revamp of Leicester’s historic railway station goes ahead.

• Regeneration of Stocking Farm takes important step forward

  9 July 2026

  3 minute read

  AMBITIONS to transform an underused area of a Leicester estate have reached an important milestone with the appointment of a construction partner.

• Rents waived for market traders as works gather pace

  8 July 2026

  2 minute read

  TRADERS at Leicester Market are to have their rents waived until the end of this year, as works to complete the new market square gather pace.

• Council agrees sale of land to National Grid

  6 July 2026

  2 minute read

  PLANS to build a new electricity substation on a council-owned site in Leicester city centre have taken an important step forward.

• Work to begin on next front walls improvement scheme

  6 July 2026

  1 minute read

  FRONT garden walls on a row of houses in a Leicester neighbourhood are to be repaired and rebuilt as part of a neighbourhood improvement scheme.

• City council does the double at regional construction awards

  29 June 2026

  3 minute read

  TWO ambitious Leicester City Council development projects have been recognised at this year's Constructing Excellence East Midlands Awards.

• Local Plan is formally adopted

  9 June 2026

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Local Plan has been formally adopted, after being approved at a full council meeting earlier this year.

• Council wins planning appeal over city centre extension

  2 June 2026

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has successfully defended a planning decision after an appeal by the developer.