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471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Orchard Road Willoughby Waterleys Leicestershire LE8 6UH
Received 22 May 202669 Stuart Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9PJ
Received 22 May 2026Upper House 75 Main Street Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7HD
Received 22 May 20266 Farm Field Court Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4HH
Received 25 May 2026Barn Owl House Drayton Road Nevill Holt Leicestershire LE16 8EG
Received 25 May 20265 Bell Lane Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire LE17 6LA
Received 25 May 2026Tilton Village Hall Leicester Road Tilton On The Hill Leicestershire LE7 9DB
Received 26 May 2026Minarik 15 Harcourt Estate Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire LE8 0NE
Received 26 May 2026Orchard View 1 Back Lane Leire Leicestershire LE17 5EZ
Received 26 May 2026The Hollies Fleckney Road Kibworth Beauchamp Leicestershire LE8 0HJ
Received 26 May 2026Back Lane East Langton Leicestershire
Received 26 May 20261 Grange Close Gilmorton Leicestershire LE17 5SG
Received 26 May 2026Peartree House 8A Long Lane Billesdon Leicestershire LE7 9AL
Received 26 May 2026Old Queen House 7 Springbank Medbourne Leicestershire LE16 8EB
Received 27 May 20267 Devenports Hill Bushby Leicestershire LE7 9NF
Received 27 May 2026The Forge Catthorpe Road Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AQ
Received 27 May 2026The Dairy 138 Stretton Road Great Glen Leicestershire LE8 9GP
Received 27 May 20264 Old Rectory Close Broughton Astley Leicestershire LE9 6PP
Received 27 May 202617 Fernie Court Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire LE17 6LW
Received 27 May 2026Cold Newton Grange Enderbys Lane Cold Newton Leicestershire LE7 9DA
Received 27 May 2026Billesdon Sewage Works Leicester Road Billesdon Leicestershire
Received 12 May 2026Land At Arnesby Road Fleckney Leicestershire
Received 21 May 2026Part Land OS 2886 Cosby Road Broughton Astley Leicestershire
Received 22 May 2026The Grange Main Street Slawston Leicestershire LE16 7UF
Received 28 May 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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