Planning and building

• City council buys disused hospital accommodation to create new housing

  3 March 2021

  2 minute read

  £10.5million is due to be invested in buying over 170 derelict accommodation units and transforming them into much-needed affordable housing.

• Latest homes completed as part of council house-building programme

  4 February 2021

  2 minute read

  NEW homes created in the latest phase of a major house-building scheme by Leicester City Council have been completed.

• St Margaret’s Bus Station to close as works begins on £13.5m redevelopment

  21 December 2020

  3 minute read

  ST Margaret’s Bus Station in Leicester will close to the public this month, as work begins on its major £13.5million redevelopment.

• Work begins on new scheme to link city’s space and technology attractions

  30 November 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a scheme to improve the links between the National Space Centre, Abbey Pumping Station and Leicester’s planned space and technology park.

• Have your say on Leicester’s Local Plan

  25 November 2020

  1 minute read

  THERE’S still time for people to have their say on the way Leicester will grow in the future – but make sure you tell us your views by 7 December.

• Work begins on 300 new homes at Waterside

  4 November 2020

  2 minute read

  CONSTRUCTION has started on the transformational development of 300 new homes and new offices at Waterside.

• Plans drawn up for Market Place scheme

  27 October 2020

  2 minute read

  AN ATTRACTIVE new route for pedestrians could soon be linking Leicester’s historic Town Hall Square with the shops, bars and cafés in St Martin’s Square.

• Programme of preservation work to be carried out on Magazine Gateway

  20 October 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK is due to begin on the restoration and repair of one of Leicester’s oldest medieval buildings.

• Dozens of buildings removed from Leicester's local heritage at risk list

  1 October 2020

  4 minute read

  EFFORTS to preserve Leicester’s rich architectural heritage have resulted in 25 properties being removed from a local list of historic buildings at risk.

• New houses completed in first phase of council building project

  23 September 2020

  2 minute read

  The first new houses have been completed in ground-breaking project by Leicester City Council to build hundreds of affordable rental homes for families across the city.

• City gets £1.5m heritage action zone boost for busy shopping streets

  21 September 2020

  2 minute read

  HISTORIC buildings in two popular shopping streets in Leicester’s city Centre are set to benefit from a major heritage improvements scheme.

• Have your say on Leicester’s Local Plan

  14 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A CONSULTATION has opened asking for people’s views on Leicester’s Local Plan.