Planning Win for Grade II Listed Leicester Uni Complex

University of Leicester and BDP secure planning consent for the redevelopment of Grade II listed former student accommodation.

BDP’s planning team has recently secured full Planning and Listed Building Consent for a £14m project to transform the Grade II listed College Hall building complex into a residential conference venue on behalf of the University of Leicester. The application was considered by Leicester City Council’s planning committee at their meeting of 20th September, where members welcomed the redevelopment of this vacant site and the economic regeneration it will bring to the city.

The complex was designed in the late 1950s by renowned architects Trevor Dannatt and Sir Leslie Martin as part of the wider masterplan for the university, and served as student accommodation up until 2004. The proposed development designed by the multidisciplinary design team of Associated Architects, Gifford, Couch Perry Wilkes, Gillespies, BWB Consulting, Gleeds and DBK comprises a high quality residential training and conference centre which will provide 4 star accommodation and state-of-the-art conference facilities able to cater for events of up to 300 delegates.

This approval follows a number of other consents BDP’s planners have recently secured for the university, including a waste transfer facility and much needed storage facility associated with the university’s services department, and a change of use of a city centre office within the New Walk Conservation Area to academic and general university support services.