Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Harborough District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Aug 2021 to 14 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
16 Saddington Road Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire LE8 0QS
Received 3 Apr 2026Brooke House College 12 Leicester Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7AU
Received 14 Apr 2026Woodside Farm Theddingworth Road Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire LE17 6NL
Received 16 Apr 2026The Coppice Main Street Tilton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9LF
Received 16 Apr 2026Land To The West Of Lutterworth Road Dunton Bassett Leicestershire
Received 16 Apr 2026Old Black Horse 36 Main Street Houghton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9GD
Received 16 Apr 20269 Main Street Houghton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9GE
Received 16 Apr 20262 Ashleigh Drive Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4TS
Received 17 Apr 202626 The Woodlands Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7BW
Received 17 Apr 2026Offices Old Barn Farm Welford Road Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire LE17 6JL
Received 17 Apr 202681 Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG
Received 20 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Main Street Allexton Leicestershire LE15 9AB
Received 20 Apr 2026Land East Of Lutterworth Gilmorton Road Lutterworth Leicestershire
Received 20 Apr 2026Land On The South Of Coventry Road Lutterworth Leicestershire
Received 9 Apr 2026Manor House Main Street Cotesbach Leicestershire LE17 4HX
Received 21 Apr 20265 Firs Road Houghton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9GU
Received 21 Apr 202638 Charnwood Drive Thurnby Leicestershire LE7 9PB
Received 21 Apr 20261 Canalside Union Wharf Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7UY
Received 21 Apr 202660 Woodmarket Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4DB
Received 21 Apr 202626 The Heights Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 8BQ
Received 22 Apr 2026Tally Wass Lodge Ashby Road Gilmorton Leicestershire LE17 5LY
Received 22 Apr 202637 Bitteswell Road Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4EN
Received 22 Apr 2026FCC Environment Welham Lane Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7FN
Received 22 Apr 2026The Orchards Mere Road Walton Leicestershire LE17 5SA
Received 22 Apr 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Harborough District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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