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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471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Agricultural Workers Dwelling Swallow Hill Farm Cranoe Road Hallaton Leicestershire
Received 5 Jun 2026Astley Grange Farm Back Lane East Langton Leicestershire LE16 7TB
Received 5 Jun 20262 The Crescent Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JJ
Received 5 Jun 202660 Wartnaby Street Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9BE
Received 8 Jun 2026Strawberry Lodge Seldom Seen Farm Tilton Road Billesdon Leicestershire
Received 8 Jun 2026The White House 375 Scraptoft Lane Scraptoft Leicestershire LE7 9SE
Received 8 Jun 20261 Stamp Close Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7YF
Received 3 Jun 2026Lubenham War Memorial The Green Lubenham Leicestershire
Received 8 Jun 2026Cottage Farm Main Street Keyham Leicestershire LE7 9JQ
Received 8 Jun 202637 School Lane Lubenham Leicestershire LE16 9TW
Received 9 Jun 2026Arnesby Lodge Cottage Welford Road Arnesby Leicestershire LE8 5WB
Received 9 Jun 2026The Firs Main Street Ashby Parva Leicestershire LE17 5HS
Received 9 Jun 2026Overfields Leicester Lane Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7HA
Received 9 Jun 2026Ash Tree House Old Hall Lane Lubenham Leicestershire LE16 9TJ
Received 9 Jun 2026Hyde Lodge Farm Hyde Lodge Road Halstead Leicestershire LE7 9DG
Received 9 Jun 2026Limes Farm Houghton Lane Gaulby Leicestershire LE7 9BT
Received 9 Jun 2026Belgrave Cottage 16 Back Street North Kilworth Leicestershire LE17 6HG
Received 9 Jun 202610 Brookfield Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9DU
Received 10 Jun 2026Westbrook House 3 Brook Lane Great Easton Leicestershire LE16 8SJ
Received 10 Jun 2026Ivy Cottage Rectory End Burton Overy Leicestershire LE8 9EW
Received 10 Jun 2026Ivy Cottage Rectory End Burton Overy Leicestershire LE8 9EW
Received 10 Jun 2026Wistow Lodge Farm Fleckney Road Wistow Leicestershire LE8 0QE
Received 11 Jun 2026Ashbrook House Fenny Lane Shearsby Leicestershire LE17 6PL
Received 11 Jun 2026Spinney View Farm East Norton Road Hallaton Leicestershire LE16 8UP
Received 11 Jun 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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