Planning and building

• Historic gates and wall receive restoration boost from Government fund

  25 March 2021

  2 minute read

  TWO important examples of Leicester’s architectural history have received a financial boost from a government fund to support expert repair work.

• Works begins on next phase of house building at Ashton Green

  16 March 2021

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a second phase of house building at a landmark regeneration site in the north of Leicester.

• Plans confirmed for the demolition of Goscote House

  12 March 2021

  2 minute read

  WORK to bring down Leicester’s tallest high-rise residential tower block will get underway this summer.

• Tenants move in to new workspace at Pioneer Park

  10 March 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW hub for business at Leicester’s Pioneer Park is now open and welcoming its first tenants.

• Award for Leicester film about children’s rights

  8 March 2021

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  A FILM about children’s rights made by young people in Leicester has won a prestigious award.

• City council buys disused hospital accommodation to create new housing

  3 March 2021

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  £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.