Planning | Leicestershire County Council

Planning at Leicestershire County Council.

We administer applications which relate to:

Mineral development eg quarrying
Waste developments eg landfill sites
Council's own developments.

We don't deal with applications for:

householder eg extensions
residential eg housing estates
commercial eg offices or shops

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Leicestershire Highway design guide

Transportation infrastructure for new developments.

Highway statements and declarations

The Highways Act 1980, Section 31(6) provides a mechanism for landowners to acknowledge the presence of existing rights of way across their land and negate any intention to dedicate further ways thereby preventing new rights being established.

Developer contributions

Developer contributions play a fundamental role in helping to ensure that the impacts of development on local infrastructure (roads, schools, and other public services) are appropriately mitigated and that the right infrastructure is in place to support it.

Planning permission

We deal with planning applications that relate to minerals, waste planning or our own developments.

Minerals and Waste Local Plan

The Minerals and Waste Local Plan for Leicestershire

Neighbourhood planning

Find out about neighbourhood planning and how you can use it to develop and improve your local area.

Safety at sport grounds

Under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and The Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 Leicestershire County Council are responsible for issuing a safety certificate in the respect of sports grounds that are designated by the Secretary of State and/or regulated stands.

Planning archaeology

We offer advice on development proposals which need planning permission in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Local Plan policies. We recommend talking about this as soon as possible, ideally before you submit a planning application.

Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre (LRERC)

You can request biodiversity data, as well as share your sightings of species with the Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre - the main county archive.

Biodiversity

Planning with biodiversity and conservation in mind.

Commons and Village Greens

General information about the registers of common land and town and village greens