Rasidents are going to be sonsulted over new planning guidelines which could possibly put an end to huge blocks of student accomoation being built in parts of Leicester City Centre.
The council have drawn up proposals which would give it more power to turn down student housing developments. The idea was put forward by mayor Sir Peter Soulsby, to control the number and scale of purpose-built accommodation blocks.
Under the policy, developments would not be given approval if their height or density did not fit in with the surrounding homes.
Sainsbury’s has been told it would not be allowed to sell alcohol in shop it hopes to open in Leicester.
The supermarket chain’s application to sell alcohol at a planned store in the former Page and Moy building, in London Road, was turned down by Leicester City Council at a licensing hearing yesterday.
Hari Dhiman, who runs a convenience store in Highfield Street, near the proposed new store, as well as an off-licence on the opposite side of London Road, with his brother, Dev, said: “Sense has prevailed.
Under new government proposals, council tenants in England who sub-let their homes will face up to two years in prison.
The plans would see a new criminal offence of tenancy fraud, with a fine of up to £50,000 also possible.
Officials estimate that 160,000 tenants sub-let their homes to other people at cost of £5bn a year to the taxpayer.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps said some people were cheating the system by earning thousands of pounds letting out their council homes at market rents.
A disused art deco public toilet in Leicester is set to be transformed into a cafe and delicatessen.
The building in St Margaret’s Way, near Abbey Park, was put up for sale in May by the city council for £20,000 – having been empty for several years.
City council valuer David Robinson at the disused toilets which businessmen are hoping to convert
Now, three city businessmen have bought the 80-year-old building and lodged plans to convert it into an eaterie and extend it.
Two stores closed after 35 years of trading between them both. The two shops, 2Funky and JC Sports, both in Leicester have said that it was due to the competition from online retails.
Clothing and equipment store JC Sports has been in Belgrave Gate, Leicester, for 20 years, and record shop 2Funky in the street for 15 years.
Vijay Mistry, managing director of urban music specialist 2Funky, said customers had told him it would be “like a funeral” for them when the shop shuts its doors on Saturday, February 5.
Mr Mistry, who set up the shop in 1997, said: “It’s definitely the end of an era.
Housing market activity will surge in 2013 after a stagnant few years, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), compared with the previous year they also said there would be a 20% rise in transactions in 2013-14.
The OBR also predicted that house prices would rise at levels above inflation from the same year, reaching annual growth of 4.5% in 2015-16.
The forecasts accompanied the chancellor’s Autumn Statement.
Sales have been at comparatively low levels during the period of economic turmoil, owing in part to lenders’ caution when handing out mortgages, buyers’ worries about their jobs, and sellers’ unwillingness to reduce asking prices.
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