Consultations and engagement

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. 

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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%).

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.