Open Consultations/Surveys
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Proposals for Leicester city libraries and community centres
Leicester City Council has a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museum Act 1964 “to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service for all persons” who want to make use of it. Due to a decade and a half of central government cuts in funding we are not able to maintain the...
Closes 29 June 2025
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Young people’s survey - libraries and community centres
Select ‘Take the survey’ below to tell us what you think about our ideas for changing Leicester’s libraries and community centres. We want to hear the views of young people about the city's libraries and community centres.
Closes 29 June 2025
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Public Spaces Protection Orders for Dog Control 2025
Leicester City Council currently operates three Public Spaces Protection Orders for Dog Control across the city: Fouling Exclusion Dogs on leads These grant the council legal powers to take enforcement action in relation to any dog control issues that may occur. The current...
Closes 13 July 2025
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Leicester Local Plan – Main Modifications representations
The urban area of Leicester is one of the fastest growing areas in the country, with a uniquely diverse population of about 650,000. The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities such as Leicester City Council to support sustainable development and to plan positively...
Closes 29 July 2025
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Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025
Pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) are carried out around the country every three years, to ensure that local community pharmacies (chemists) are meeting the pharmaceutical needs of local people. The PNA helps NHS England and ICBs manage and make decisions about requests from pharmacists...
Closes 11 August 2025
Closed Consultations/Surveys
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Future household recycling and waste / bin collection services
Leicester City Council is considering how waste and recycling collections from households should work in future. Nothing is going to change for a while. However, we need to start thinking about it now, as there are new laws being introduced by the Government in the next few years, and...
Closed 19 May 2025
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Secondary Fair Access Protocol (schools) 2025
All local authorities must have a Fair Access Protocol (FAP) to ensure that unplaced and vulnerable children, and those who are having difficulty in securing a school place in-year, are allocated a school place as quickly as possible. The protocol must be consulted upon and developed...
Closed 12 May 2025
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Evington Village Conservation Area review
Leicester City Council would like to hear your views on our draft character appraisal and management plan for the Evington Village conservation area. We've proposed to change the size of the conservation area to include some additional properties and also remove several properties. It is...
Closed 12 May 2025
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Have your say on leisure centres
Developing a modern, efficient and fit for purpose network of council leisure centres The council’s leisure centres perform an important dual role. They provide affordable access to leisure, exercise and sport activities and also an important social and wellbeing role in supporting...
Closed 11 May 2025
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Pharmaceutical needs assessment
Have your say on the provision of pharmacies and pharmacy services in Leicester.
Closed 30 April 2025
We Asked, You Said, We Did
Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes
We asked
A number of residents raised concerns about parking issues in the Doncaster Road area. The majority of these relate to difficulties finding parking spaces close to their home due to commuters or other visitors to the area taking up available parking spaces.
From January to March 2025, a public engagement with residents and businesses in the Doncaster Road area was conducted to obtain their views on a potential residents parking scheme.
You said
Approximately 558 residential and businesses were invited to take part in the consultation. In total we have received 237 responses on paper and via this website from residents and businesses in the area (42%). Responses were analysed by council officers.
- 177 residents and business supported the proposed residential parking scheme (75%)
- 58 residents did not support the proposed residential parking scheme (24%)
- 2 residents and businesses did not answer the question or had no opinion (1%)
In addition, respondents included comments both for and against residents parking in the area.
We did
The response data and comments have been analysed in more detail to determine whether or not to continue with further engagement with residents and businesses over potential measures to manage parking in the area.
Residents’ responses to our 2025 public engagement on possible traffic measures in the Doncaster Road area indicated that there is a significant support for a residents’ parking scheme to address the issue of non-residents parking in the area.
Based on these consultation responses, we are now preparing for a formal engagement involving the Traffic Regulation Order process.
Thank you to all those who took the time to give your views.
We asked
We sought views on a proposal to remove the one-month full discount, when empty and unfurnished properties become vacant from 1 April 2025. The aim being to help bring empty properties quicker into use.
You said
Thank you to the 27 respondents to the online consultation. The majority (78%) were Leicester residents and 7% responded as a landlord.
70% of respondents wanted to retain the current one calendar month full discount on empty and unfurnished properties when they become vacant.
30% wanted the remove this discount from 1 April 2025.
We did
Firm conclusions from the consultation are difficult to draw because of the response rate. The full Council approved the change on 19 February 2025, and also agreed to monitor the impact on average time to bring properties back into use.
We asked
The consultation provided an opportunity for market traders, Leicester residents, and stakeholders to comment on proposals for the redevelopment of Leicester Market.
The proposal was to return Leicester’s historic market to its original site and create a new flexible event space in the heart of the city centre. The consultation asked respondents if they supported the proposal, and to provide comments on the scheme.
The six-week online consultation ran from 28 October to 9 December 2024. The consultation was communicated through various channels including a Leicester City Council press release, social media, Your Leicester newsletter, Leicester Market hoarding displays, and meetings of trader representatives with the City Mayor.
You said
The consultation received 1,667 responses, offering a diverse representation in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity.
A majority of respondents supported the proposals: 1008 respondents supported the proposals (60%). 639 did not support the proposals (38%). 20 did not express a preference (1%).
We did
The project team will now be working to develop the design further, with a view to getting this important site redeveloped and open for business as quickly as possible.
Subject to planning permission being granted and a formal decision to proceed, works could start on site in Summer 2025 with the new market building opening by the end of 2026. The market will continue to operate from Green Dragon Square in the meantime.
Read the full press release here: Next step for market proposal.