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Harborough District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Harborough District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates749Searchable applications
222Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 505 approved or refused records
34Refused applications
471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning Contact a planning officerLocal plan Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031Pre-application advice our pre-application advice serviceConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningenforcement@harborough.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas50 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Approved26/00636/TCA
Works to trees (Fell T3 (cypress) only)
Hawthorns 17 Mill Lane Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire LE8 0QL
Received 6 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00637/FUL
Change of use of land to site self-storage containers (Use Class B8) (retrospective)
Meadowlands Game Farm Gilmorton Lane Willoughby Waterleys Leicestershire LE8 6UE
Received 6 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00638/HED
Removal of hedgerow
Land At Nevill Holt Hall Paddock Lane Nevill Holt Leicestershire
Received 6 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00639/PCD
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Levels), 5 (CEMP and Ecology Enhancements), 6 (boundary wall), 7 (boundary treamtent), 9 (soft landscaping), 11 (bat box) and 12 (hard landscaping) of 24/00016/VAC
The Hirsel 92 Station Lane Scraptoft Leicestershire LE7 9UF
Received 7 May 2026 - Approved26/00640/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear and side extension
The Rectory Church Walk Bruntingthorpe Leicestershire LE17 5QH
Received 7 May 2026 - Approved26/00641/FUL
Erection of a substation and associated works to facilitate the installation of Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure
Amazon Unit 5320 Hunter Boulevard Magna Park Lutterworth Leicestershire
Received 7 May 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00642/FUL
Change of use of land to mixed agricultural and equestrian use, including the installation of vehicle hardstanding to access and two mobile field shelters
Land At Junction With Hallaton Road Medbourne Road Hallaton Leicestershire
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/00643/PDN
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus (1 x 9m light wooden pole - opposite 1 Green Gardens) - Permitted Development - For information purposes only. This is not an application to which comments can be made.
Land Adj Green Gardens Main Street Ullesthorpe Leicestershire
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00644/PDN
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 - Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus (2 x 10MTR Wooden pole 8.3m above ground at the junction of Gaulby Road and New Road for Bleak House, LE7 9ED) - Permitted Development - For information purposes only. This is not an application to which comments can be made.
Bleak House Farm Burton Overy Road Gaulby Leicestershire LE7 9ED
Received 1 May 2026 - Approved26/00645/CLU
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the conversion of the loft into habitable accommodation with the insertion of roof lights in the existing roof
2 Burton Way Fleckney Leicestershire LE8 8DW
Received 8 May 2026 - Approved26/00647/TCA
Works to trees (Fell)
Sunshine Ridge Chapel Lane Walton Leicestershire LE17 5RL
Received 8 May 2026 - Approved26/00648/FUL
Erection of two storey and first floor extension with sloping roof/dormer construction, erection of single storey front extension to accommodate a new staircase to first floor, re-location of external A/C units to proposed rear flat roof (revised scheme of 25/01002/FUL)
Houghton Garage 71 - 73 Uppingham Road Houghton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9HJ
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00649/PDN
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J - Roof mounted solar PV on non-domestic buildings
Coltmans Station Road Ashby Magna Leicestershire LE17 5NH
Received 11 May 2026 - Approved26/00651/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
34 Knoll Street Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9QR
Received 11 May 2026 - Refused26/00652/FUL
Erection of a self-build dwelling
The Old Barn Albert Street Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire LE8 0NA
Received 11 May 2026 - Approved26/00653/TCA
Works to trees (fell)
Tur Langton Village Hall Main Street Tur Langton Leicestershire LE8 0PJ
Received 12 May 2026 - Approved26/00654/DDD
Removal of tree
Church Farm Cottage Hallaton Road Blaston Leicestershire LE16 8DD
Received 6 May 2026 - Approved26/00655/FUL
The demolition of an existing barn and rebuild
Rose Cottage Main Street Slawston Leicestershire LE16 7UF
Received 12 May 2026 - Approved26/00656/NMA
Alterations to windows and floorplans (proposed non-material amendments to 23/01205/FUL)
33 Gilmorton Road Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4DY
Received 12 May 2026 - Approved26/00657/FUL
Change of use of land from grassland to residential garden (retrospective)
Ashleigh House 79A Uppingham Road Houghton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9HL
Received 12 May 2026 - Approved26/00658/OUT
Outline application for erection of one dwelling (self-build) (Access to be considered)
Land Off Willoughby Road Ashby Magna Leicestershire
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided26/00659/CLU
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the installation of an Air Source Heat Pump including construction of associated concrete base
Church Farm Cottage Hallaton Road Blaston Leicestershire LE16 8DD
Received 12 May 2026 - Approved26/00660/FUL
Installation of two windows to side elevation of ground floor extension, alteration of side door to window and installation of Juliet balcony to first floor rear elevation (part retrospective)
15 Hardwick Drive Shangton Leicestershire LE8 0PS
Received 12 May 2026 - Approved26/00661/PCD
Discharge of Conditions 10 (Landscape Mangement) and 15 (Wildlife Sensitive Lighting Design) of 25/00219/FUL
Land East Of Zouche Way Bushby Leicestershire
Received 12 May 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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