About Us
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Leicester City Council is the unitary authority serving the citizens, communities and businesses of Leicester, the biggest city in the East Midlands.
With 54 councillors and over 15, 000 staff, we are responsible for delivering services to a diverse range of customers across Leicester.
The city council itself consists of four departments - Adults & Housing, Children & Young People's Services, Regeneration & Culture and Resources. Each department is responsible for specific areas of the city council’s service delivery.
One Leicester is our strategy to improve the quality of life in Leicester over the next 25 years. The seven priorities for us and our partners are:
• Investing in our children
• Planning for people not cars
• Reducing our carbon footprint
• Creating thriving, safe communities
• Improving wellbeing and health
• Talking up Leicester
• Investing in skills and enterprise.
With 54 councillors and over 15, 000 staff, we are responsible for delivering services to a diverse range of customers across Leicester.
The city council itself consists of four departments - Adults & Housing, Children & Young People's Services, Regeneration & Culture and Resources. Each department is responsible for specific areas of the city council’s service delivery.
One Leicester is our strategy to improve the quality of life in Leicester over the next 25 years. The seven priorities for us and our partners are:
• Investing in our children
• Planning for people not cars
• Reducing our carbon footprint
• Creating thriving, safe communities
• Improving wellbeing and health
• Talking up Leicester
• Investing in skills and enterprise.
Leicester is also recognised as Britain's first Environment City and has attained the title of European Sustainable City.
We’ve also achieved Beacon Council status in:
We’ve also achieved Beacon Council status in:
- 2006 for providing Culture and Sport for Hard to Reach Groups
- 2005 for Sustainable Energy
- 2004 for Housing Renewal
- 2003 for Tackling Homelessness and Community Cohesion
- 2002 for Promoting Racial Equality
- 2001 for Maintaining a Quality Environment
- 2000 for Improving Housing Maintenance.
About Us also brings together key information and services in one place. These are:
About Leicester
Information on the city including local history, maps and assorted statistics.
Audio Information
We’ve made key information available as audio files including how to contact us and paying your council tax.
Business
Information for existing and new businesses: available commercial property, business rates, planning matters and more.
Council Forms
Here you’ll find a selection of downloadable forms including requests for parking permits, council tax and planning application forms.
Council Tax
Everything you need to know about council tax.
Customer Service Line
How to contact us by phone and email.
Education and Learning
Admissions, grants, term dates and more.
Environment and Planning
Planning applications, Climate Change, Environmental Health and more.
Emergency Planning
These pages highlight our plans for dealing with serious incidents in the city.
Festivals and Events
Information on upcoming events and festivals in Leicester.
Frequent Queries
We’ve pulled together answers to those questions many users frequently ask.
Health and Social Care
Adoption, Social Services, Home Care and others.
Housing
Advice and benefits, improvements and repairs, grants plus more.
How to find us
How to get to Leicester City Council offices, maps and more.
Job Shop
The latest city council job vacancies and more.
Key Documents
Leicester City Council’s constitution, our corporate plan and public service agreements amongst others.
You can join online, search and reserve books online and more.
Enter your post code and find your local facilities such as doctors, libraries and much more.
News
Our latest news online plus sign up for email updates.
Online Payments
Here you can pay your council tax, business rates, parking fines and more.
Online Services
What you can do online at leicester.gov.uk including joining the library, reporting problems such as fly tipping, and submitting planning applications.
Other Languages
A selection of key information on council services available in several languages including Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi.
Regeneration Projects
How we're improving Leicester's city centre.
Rubbish, Waste and Recycling
What we're doing to keep our city clean.
Traffic and Travel
Public transport, parking, real time jam cams, the latest roadworks and other information.
Useful Links Library
Our Useful Links library is an extensive bank of links to other organisations and useful information.
What's On
Event listings for the city and county.
See Also:
oneleicester.com* - the One Leicester website
leicesterpartnership.org.uk* - the Leicester Partnership website
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Our latest news online plus sign up for email updates.
Online Payments
Here you can pay your council tax, business rates, parking fines and more.
Online Services
What you can do online at leicester.gov.uk including joining the library, reporting problems such as fly tipping, and submitting planning applications.
Other Languages
A selection of key information on council services available in several languages including Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi.
Regeneration Projects
How we're improving Leicester's city centre.
Rubbish, Waste and Recycling
What we're doing to keep our city clean.
Traffic and Travel
Public transport, parking, real time jam cams, the latest roadworks and other information.
Useful Links Library
Our Useful Links library is an extensive bank of links to other organisations and useful information.
What's On
Event listings for the city and county.
See Also:
oneleicester.com* - the One Leicester website
leicesterpartnership.org.uk* - the Leicester Partnership website
*Link opens new window