Former Car Park at 15-17 Braunstone Gate, Leicester, LE3
Key Features
- FORMER CAR PARK / MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
- GUIDE PRICE: £125,000 - £130,000 PLUS VAT
Description
For Sale by Public Auction on 23/09/2026
Location:
The site is located near to the city centre, on the corner of Thorpe Street, near to the junction of Western Boulevard and near Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre and The Venue@DMU.
Description:
A former car park of approximately 224 sqyds (187 sqm) with concrete surface. There is potential for a 2 storey mixed-use property with ground floor commercial and residential accommodation above subject to planning permission. A Planning Pre-Application has been submitted.
Planning
The site has existing car park use.
Potential for a 2 storey mixed use building with ground floor commercial and residential above subject to planning permission.
Pre-Application No. P
The Planning Pre-Application Development Guidance will be available with the legal documents.
Local Authority: Leicester City Council .
Note
The sale will be subject to the Purchaser paying the Seller's legal and surveyors fees of 2% of the purchase price plus VAT.
No offers will be accepted on this lot prior to the auction.
Purchaser will be responsible for site clearance within 6 months of legal completion of the purchase in order to minimise anti-social behaviour on the site and to keep the site secure and maintained.
Tenure
Freehold.
Overage Clause:
The contract will include an Overage Clause for a 25-year period entitling the Seller to an Overage payment on implementation of any outline or detailed planning permission for anything above two storey mixed use building with commercial use on the ground floor and residential accommodation on the upper floor as outlined in the pre-application planning advice (as attached). Any change to existing use, including commercial or residential uses, will be subject to an overage payment of 25% of any uplift in value.
Solicitors
Legal Services, Leicester City Council, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester LE1 1FZ
Tel: ~ Ref: B Mistry
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-08-26
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
5.5 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 50% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- King Richard III Infant and Nursery School249 metresOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 269
- Type
- Community school
- Shaftesbury Junior School462 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 239
- Type
- Community school
- Hazel Community Primary School0.6 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 410
- Type
- Community school
- Slater Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 189
- Type
- Community school
- Fosse Mead Primary Academy0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 433
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- Castle Mead Academy556 metresOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,223
- Type
- Free schools
- Fullhurst Community College0.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,441
- Type
- Foundation school
- Brook Mead Academy1 mileOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,104
- Type
- Free schools
- Moat Community College1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,091
- Type
- Community school
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,143
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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Listing agent
Kal Sangra Shonki Brothers, Leicester - Auctions
85 Granby Street Leicester LE1 6FB
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