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471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Barn 31A High Street Hallaton Leicestershire LE16 8UD
Received 8 Jul 20262 Leicester Lane Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7HA
Received 8 Jul 2026Stone Croft The Nook Bitteswell Leicestershire LE17 4RY
Received 9 Jul 2026Stone Croft The Nook Bitteswell Leicestershire LE17 4RY
Received 9 Jul 20267 Deniston Avenue Broughton Astley Leicestershire LE9 6QT
Received 9 Jul 202619 Main Street Great Glen Leicestershire LE8 9GH
Received 9 Jul 202697 Western Avenue Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9PN
Received 29 Jun 202641 The Woodlands Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7BW
Received 9 Jul 2026Quenby Hall Barley Leas Hungarton Leicestershire LE7 9BQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Bebooted 7 Church Square Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7NB
Received 9 Jul 202619 Patrick Street Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9HP
Received 9 Jul 202620 Frank Burditt Drive Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7PB
Received 10 Jul 20266 Bankfield Drive Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7HJ
Received 13 Jul 2026113 Lubenham Hill Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9DG
Received 13 Jul 2026The Spital Church Lane Stockerston Leicestershire LE15 9JD
Received 14 Jul 2026The Spital Church Lane Stockerston Leicestershire LE15 9JD
Received 14 Jul 20269 The Woodlands Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7BW
Received 14 Jul 202641 The Woodlands Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7BW
Received 18 Jun 2026Land Off The Green Lubenham Leicestershire
Received 14 Jul 2026Ash Tree House Old Hall Lane Lubenham Leicestershire LE16 9TJ
Received 14 Jul 2026Welland Park College Welland Park Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9DR
Received 14 Jul 202623 Westerby Lane Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire LE8 0RA
Received 14 Jul 2026Tugby Orchards Wood Lane Tugby Leicestershire LE7 9WE
Received 15 Jul 2026The Elms Sutton Lane Sutton In The Elms Broughton Astley Leicestershire LE9 6QF
Received 15 Jul 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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