Councillor Karen Pickering

Annual Meeting, Council - Thursday, 15 May 2025 5:15 pm

The Leicester City Council meeting on 15 May 2025 included the election of the Lord Mayor and other ceremonial roles, and the establishment of scrutiny and regulatory committees. Councillors were also scheduled to discuss the annual calendar of meetings for the upcoming year.

Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 14 May 2025 10:00 am

The Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee met to consider an application for a new premises licence. The agenda for the meeting included an application for a new premises licence for La George, 239 Narborough Road, Leicester. The sub-committee was scheduled to determine whether to grant the licence, grant it with conditions, exclude licensable activities, refuse the proposed premises supervisor, or reject the application.

Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee - Monday, 12 May 2025 10:00 am,

This meeting has been postponed.

Overview Select Committee - Thursday, 1 May 2025 5:30 pm

The Overview Select Committee met to discuss petitions, independent care homes, and the corporate estate annual report. The committee agreed to ask the planning section of the council to report to a meeting of OSC within the next three months on their knowledge of the provision of children's home accommodation in the city by the private sector, what they know about where it is, who operates it, and what they understand to be the council's ability to regulate it from a planning perspective. The committee also noted the corporate estate annual report and agreed to add the element of care homes into the new year's work programme.

Special Council Meeting, Council - Wednesday, 30 April 2025 5:00 pm

Leicester City Council was scheduled to hold a special meeting on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, to discuss several pressing issues, including changes to council tax support, the future of community centres, libraries, and museums, and other urgent business. Two motions were put forward for consideration.