Councillor Nigel Porter

Special Meeting to Confer the title of Honorary Alderman, Council - Thursday, 15 May 2025 5:00 pm

Leicester City Council convened a special meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025, to discuss the appointment of an Honorary Alderman. The agenda for the meeting indicated that councillors would consider a proposal to bestow the title upon former Councillor Vijay Riyait.

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.

Economic Development, Transport and Climate Emergency Scrutiny Commission - Wednesday, 23 April 2025 5:30 pm

The Economic Development, Transport and Climate Emergency Scrutiny Commission met to discuss worker exploitation, parking fees, inward investment, bus lanes, speed limits and cycling and walking infrastructure. The meeting included a review of a report on worker exploitation, a discussion on proposed parking fee increases, and updates on initiatives related to transport and investment in the city. There was also an opportunity for members to discuss the commission's work programme.

Planning and Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 2 April 2025 5:30 pm

The Planning and Development Control Committee of Leicester City Council met on Wednesday 2 April 2025 to discuss three planning applications. The committee approved an application to convert a house into a children's home, delegated authority to officers to approve a flatted residential development subject to a bat survey, and refused an application to convert two dwellings into residential care homes.