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471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Rosewell Chapel Lane Walton Leicestershire LE17 5RL
Received 28 Apr 2026Melrose Lodge Washdyke Road Owston Leicestershire LE15 8DL
Received 28 Apr 2026Land Adjacent Leicester Grammar School London Road Great Glen Leicestershire
Received 28 Apr 2026Pinfold House Bowden Road Thorpe Langton Leicestershire LE16 7TP
Received 28 Apr 2026Land At Bosworth Road Walton Leicestershire
Received 28 Apr 2026Garden Annexe Catthorpe Manor Lilbourne Lane Catthorpe Leicestershire
Received 28 Apr 202621 The Oval Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7LB
Received 20 Apr 202627 Main Street Foxton Leicestershire LE16 7RB
Received 28 Apr 2026Beresford House Main Street Bruntingthorpe Leicestershire LE17 5QF
Received 29 Apr 2026Beresford House Main Street Bruntingthorpe Leicestershire LE17 5QF
Received 29 Apr 2026Pit Farm Laughton Leicestershire
Received 29 Apr 2026Sutton Lodge Farm Frolesworth Road Broughton Astley Leicestershire LE9 6PG
Received 29 Apr 202624 Home Close Kibworth Beauchamp Leicestershire LE8 0JT
Received 29 Apr 2026Land OS 0188 And 0489 Main Street Glooston Leicestershire
Received 21 Apr 2026Warren Farm Manor Road Ullesthorpe Leicestershire LE17 5BN
Received 22 Apr 20261 Hall Lane Ullesthorpe Leicestershire LE17 5DD
Received 23 Apr 2026Land South Of Belchers Hill Horninghold Leicestershire
Received 29 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Main Street Slawston Leicestershire LE16 7UF
Received 29 Apr 202657 Woodmarket Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4BX
Received 30 Apr 2026Land Rear Of Debdale Farm Debdale Lane Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire
Received 30 Apr 2026Bell Inn Main Street Burton Overy Leicestershire LE8 9DL
Received 30 Apr 2026Lime Tree House 12 Sutton Road Great Bowden MARKET HARBOROUGH LE16 7HW
Received 29 Apr 20266 Wickets Close Scraptoft Leicestershire LE7 9TP
Received 30 Apr 2026Birds Close Beadswell Lane Burton Overy Leicestershire LE8 9DA
Received 30 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage