De Montfort University

De Montfort University

Redevelopment of the university's 12 ha (30 acre) site to the west of Leicester city centre to provide a mixed use development including academic, residential, retail, office and leisure uses.

Location: Leicester
Status: Planning permission granted
Size: Approximately 12ha
100,000 sq m (1,076,391 sq ft) mixed use development
Scale: Street / site / building

The key issues were:

• Preparation and submission of outline planning application for major mixed use development.
• Production of masterplan and submission alongside planning application.
• Preparation of environmental statement including co-ordination of specialist consultant team.
• Pre application discussions with a number of statutory consultees.
• Provision and presentation of visual material as part of the university's consultation process.

Our outputs included:

• Submission of planning application and environmental statement.
• Input to Leicester regeneration Company strategy and area based consultations.
• Potential creation of 3,500 jobs in a sustainable edge of centre location
• Potential for 100,000 sq m (1,076,391 sq ft) of mixed use development replacing 31,500 sq m (339,063 sq ft) of outdated academic floorspace.

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