Social Value Ideas for Leicester City Council

Crisis and Resilience Fund budget

The council set out a new three-year Crisis and Resilience Fund replacing the Household Support Fund and some discretionary housing payments. The scheme has a budget of £8.3m per year, with £400k for …

“So this particular slide covers sets out the most important change, really. So under the previous arrangements, support was largely delivered through,…”

Single crisis application route

The new fund introduces one continuous application route for crisis payments, housing payments and council tax discretionary relief, with 24/7 access. Officers also said the form would support voice a…

“Previously, residents often needed to navigate multiple schemes separately depending on the type of separately depending on the type of support that t…”

Funding outcomes to be measured

Members pressed officers on how the council would benchmark the new fund against other authorities and measure whether the reserved funding actually improves long-term resilience rather than just payi…

“In relation to the other two questions about benchmarking, I think it's a really important point. We need to be working with our closest neighbors to …”

Change of use to mosque facility with interior modifications

Planning committee approved conversion of former rugby club to mosque with prayer facilities. Proposal includes new female and male prayer areas with separate accesses, ablution areas, shoe storage, o…

“you've got the female prayer area and education area. You've got, separating that between the male prayer area on the right in the green, you've got f…”

Residential development with 14 flats on Raymond Road/Marlborough Road

Planning committee approved residential development demolishing existing factory buildings and retaining one building to provide 14 residential flats across 2-3 storeys. Application was previously def…

“construction of a 3-storey residential building. So the whole of the site will provide a total of 14 residential flats... 4 electric cycle parking spa…”

Cora Works Hybrid Planning Permission - Major Brownfield Regeneration Scheme

Approved hybrid planning application for former Cora textile factory site on Burleys Way. Full application for demolition of buildings (except facade and chimneys), retention of 1865 old textile build…

“The application before us is a hybrid planning application. It comprises a full planning permission for the demolition of all buildings on site, exclu…”

Residential Use Class C2 Definition Clarification

Committee discussion clarified planning classification status. C3 is dwelling house use; C2 is residential institution use including hospitals, nursing homes, boarding schools, training centers, resid…

“C2 use is a residential institution, so you would have hospitals under this use, nursing homes, boarding schools, training centers, residential colleg…”

Community Resistance to Care Home Placement

Significant resident opposition to care home proposal with 16 out of 19 dwellings in the cul-de-sac submitting objections. Residents raised concerns about: traffic and parking impacts from 5+ staff ve…

“This will have a very big and long-lasting negative impact on us... Excess traffic flow due to visitors and staff will result in spillover of up to 5 …”

Planning Permission Approval - 14 Brunel Avenue Care Home

Planning committee approved conversion of residential property to children's care home for up to 3 children (C2 use) with conditions. Approval contingent on applicant continuing community engagement, …

“Okay, so having heard the objections and also the views of members as well as the applicant, and given there isn't anything else within that 400-meter…”