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…
Leicester Civic Society is an independent, voluntary organisation that exists to improve Leicester’s built environment and celebrate its heritage.
Our aims are to work for the preservation of the best of the remaining features of the historic past of Leicester encourage and promote high standards of planning and architecture. We believe quality regeneration and imaginative modern architecture can co-exist alongside the older fabric of the city, and campaign for higher standards of planning, architectural design and regeneration in Leicester.
Derwent Street – Conservation v Insulation?
Things are changing rapidly on the terraced streets that lie between Melbourne Road and Spinney Hill Park. If you take a walk along Darley or Derwent Street you can’t fail…
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…
Factory in King Newton Street being demolished without permission
The Mercury has run a recent report about a very nice (or what should be very nice) former factory building, now ‘crumbling’, in King Newton Street in Highfields. ‘It’s not…
Corah Campaign
On August 10th two members of Leicester Civic Society, Burt McNeill and Richard Allsop, visited the Corah factory site along with the City Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, and representatives of…