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Leicestershire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

Leicestershire County Council does not set a Local Plan housing target; housing numbers are set in the Local Plans of the district/borough councils within the county. Where we looked

Transport

The council consulted on a draft Enabling Travel Choices Strategy (22 April to 10 July 2026).

“A consultation on a new strategy setting out how travel choices could be improved across Leicestershire is still open for views.”

Leicestershire County Council, 23 June 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Read via WebFetch only. Consultation dates '22 April to 10 July 2026' from https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/have-your-say/you-said-we-did/engagement-2026. The consultation has now closed.

Council tax

Band D set by Leicestershire for 2026–27: £1,731.79. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Leicestershire County Council approved a 2.99% Council Tax rise for 2026/27 on 18 February 2026.

“The plan sets out a 2.99 Council Tax rise, an extra £127m investment in services, particularly social care, £48m of savings and £55m more to cover price and pay rises and was approved today (Wednesday) by Leicestershire County Council.”

Leicestershire County Council, 18 February 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Read via WebFetch only (www.leicestershire.gov.uk returns Akamai 403 'Access Denied' to curl, so curl re-verification was impossible). WebFetch returned the words '2.99 Council Tax rise' without a % sign on two separate reads; the article also says 'The levy adds 97p to a weekly Band D bill from April' and 'The Government sets a cap on the level of Council Tax increase which for 2026/27 was 4.99%'. Recommend a manual check before publishing. The page prints the figure without a % sign; it is quoted as printed.

Environment

In February 2023 the council set net zero target dates of 2035 for its own operations and 2050 for the county.

“In February 2023, the Council approved revisions to its net zero targets, extending the net zero target date for Council operations to 2035 and the county wide net zero target date to 2050.”

Leicestershire County Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Read via WebFetch only (curl blocked by Akamai 403); manual check recommended.

Education

The council has sought proposals to run a new primary school to serve Garendon Park, Loughborough (and another for Broadnook, Charnwood); the closing date was 31 July 2026.

“Proposal to establish a new primary school to serve Garendon Park, Loughborough”

Leicestershire County Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Link text on the page under 'Proposals for new schools', followed by '(Closing date: 12pm on Friday 31 July 2026)'. Read via WebFetch only.

Who runs the council

55 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 24, Conservative and Unionist 15, Liberal Democrats 11, Labour Party 2, Independent / Other 1, Restore Britain 1, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

Elections here now: Shepshed ward (15 October 2026).

All 55 councillors, by ward
  • Dan Harrison (Reform UK) — Ashby de la Zouch
  • Bryan Lovegrove (Conservative and Unionist) — Belvoir
  • Daniel Grimley (Conservative and Unionist) — Birstall
  • John Bloxham (Reform UK) — Blaby & Glen Parva
  • Deborah Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Bradgate
  • Kim Robinson (Reform UK) — Braunstone
  • Bill Piper (Reform UK) — Broughton Astley
  • Harrison Fowler (Reform UK) — Bruntingthorpe
  • Barry Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Burbage
  • Charles Pugsley (Reform UK) — Castle Donington & Kegworth
  • Craig Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Coalville North
  • Paul Harrison (Reform UK) — Coalville South
  • Graham Cooke (Reform UK) — Cosby & Countesthorpe
  • Michael Mullaney (Liberal Democrats) — De Montfort
  • Martin England (Reform UK) — Earl Shilton
  • Michael Charlesworth (Independent / Other) — East Wigston
  • Nicholas Holt (Liberal Democrats) — Enderby & Lubbesthorpe
  • Adam Tilbury (Reform UK) — Forest & Measham
  • Phil King (Conservative and Unionist) — Gartree
  • Kevin Crook (Reform UK) — Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests
  • Nick Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests
  • Ozzy O'Shea (Conservative and Unionist) — Groby & Ratby
  • Ann Pendlebury (Liberal Democrats) — Hollycroft
  • Virge Richichi (Reform UK) — Ibstock & Appleby
  • Simon Galton (Liberal Democrats) — Launde
  • Jewel Miah (Labour Party) — Loughborough East
  • Peter Morris (Reform UK) — Loughborough North
  • Andrew Hamilton-Gray (Reform UK) — Loughborough North West
  • Beverley Gray (Labour Party) — Loughborough South
  • Richard Bailey (Conservative and Unionist) — Loughborough South West
  • Rosita Page (Conservative and Unionist) — Lutterworth
  • Mark Bools (Liberal Democrats) — Mallory
  • Joshua Melen (Conservative and Unionist) — Market Bosworth
  • Sarah Hill (Liberal Democrats) — Market Harborough East
  • David Page (Conservative and Unionist) — Market Harborough West & Foxton
  • Charles Whitford (Restore Britain) — Markfield, Desford & Thornton
  • Andrew Innes (Reform UK) — Melton East
  • Kerry Knight (Reform UK) — Melton West
  • Joe Orson (Conservative and Unionist) — Melton Wolds
  • Dee North (Reform UK) — Narborough & Whetstone
  • Linda Broadley (Liberal Democrats) — North Wigston
  • Dean Gamble (Liberal Democrats) — Oadby
  • Moinuddin Durrani (Liberal Democrats) — Oadby
  • Paul Rudkin (Reform UK) — Quorn & Barrow
  • Linda Danks (Reform UK) — Rothley & Mountsorrel
  • Helen Butler (Reform UK) — Shepshed
  • Naomi Bottomley (Green Party (E&W)) — Sileby & The Wolds
  • John McDonald (Reform UK) — South & West Wigston
  • Stuart Bray (Liberal Democrats) — St. Marys
  • Carl Abbott (Reform UK) — Stoney Stanton & Croft
  • James Poland (Conservative and Unionist) — Syston Fosse
  • Simon Bradshaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Syston Ridgeway
  • Brenda Seaton (Conservative and Unionist) — Thurmaston Ridgemere
  • Michael Squires (Reform UK) — Valley
  • Joseph Boam (Reform UK) — Whitwick

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers could not be read automatically (the site blocks or did not answer), so decisions and motions are not listed here; the meeting papers hold them.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.