1 Garden Street – Leicester’s last ‘one-up, one-down’ house
Further to the very real concern surrounding the fate of Leicester’s only surviving example of “one up – one down” housing at 1 Garden Street, I (Claire Wells) decided to…
Farben Works – Slater Street now added to Save Britain’s Heritage 2023 at Risk List
Fantastic News! Thanks to the efforts of our Deputy Chair, Stu Simmonds, we are delighted to announce that the Farben Works building on Slater Street has now been added to…
140 Queens Road – Campaign Halts Unwanted Development…For Now
Leicester Civic Society is pleased to hear that the proposals for the over-development of 140 Queens Road have been withdrawn by the applicant. Readers will be aware that the planning application included the development of a 7-storey residential block on the corner of Queens Road and Avenue Road Extension. The rear of the site is within the Stoneygate Conservation Area.
Regent House – Objections to Planning Application
The Chairman and the Committee of the Civic Society would like to say thankyou to the 193 people who raised objections to this planning application. We hope that it influences…
Regent House – Planning Application – two storey extension and conversion to student flats
The Civic Society has objected to the plan to add two storeys to the grade II listed Regent House and to build a 5 storey building on the car park…