Plans revealed for 775 city centre flats

Plans to build up to 775 apartments in the Waterside area of Leicester have been revealed by developer Watkin Jones.

The firm wants to develop a site between All Saints Road and Jarvis Street. Some 500 apartments will be for students, says Watkin Jones.

The site has been home to warehouses in the past, but is now vacant.

Watkin Jones says the number of apartments is “indicative” at the moment, and has lodged a Screening Opinion request with Leicester City Council to try and work out whether the scheme would have any impact on the environment because of it scale and size. It would be between five and 12 storeys high.

Leicester City Council’s planning department will now consult to see if the scheme will have any impact on the city’s environment.