Leicester City Council is the unitary authority serving the people, 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 consists of 3 main service areas - Adults & Communities, Children & Young People's Services, and Culture and Regeneration. Each service area is responsible for our 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.
Our key information and services.
About Leicester
Information on the city including local history, maps and assorted statistics.
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 Services
Information on our Customer Service Centres, how to contact us and where to find us.
Education and Learning
School 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.
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.
Libraries
You can join, search for and reserve books online and much more.
Museums and Galleries
New Walk Museum, The City Gallery and others.
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 information on key council services available in several languages including Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi.
Regeneration Projects
How we're improving our city centre and elsewhere (including Ashton Green, Highcross and Phoenix Square).
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.
What's On
Event listings across the city.
See Also:
Oneleicester.com* - the One Leicester website for the city
oneleicester.com/partnership*- the Leicester Partnership website
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