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471 approved · 34 refused · 19 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Harmony House 23 North End Hallaton Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 8UJ
Received 28 Aug 2026GLP Estates Office Brick Barn Mere Lane Bittesby Leicestershire LE17 4JH
Received 28 Aug 2026Land At Mere Lane Magna Park Bittesby Leicestershire
Received 28 Aug 2026Land At Mere Lane Magna Park Bittesby Leicestershire
Received 28 Aug 2026Land At Mere Lane Magna Park Bittesby Leicestershire
Received 28 Aug 2026Manor House Farm Main Street Gumley Leicestershire LE16 7RU
Received 28 Aug 2026Manor House Farm Main Street Gumley Leicestershire LE16 7RU
Received 28 Aug 2026Manor House Farm Main Street Gumley Leicestershire LE16 7RU
Received 28 Aug 2026Land At Welford Road Husbands Bosworth Leicestershire
Received 28 Aug 2026Gitanjali Glen Rise Oadby Leicestershire LE2 4RG
Received 28 Aug 2026Land Off Angell Drive Market Harborough Leicestershire
Received 31 Aug 20267 Gilden Drive Gilmorton Leicestershire LE17 5FW
Received 1 Sept 20268 Dover Street Kibworth Beauchamp Leicestershire LE8 0HD
Received 1 Sept 20267 Church Bank Great Easton Leicestershire LE16 8SN
Received 1 Sept 2026New Farm Theddingworth Road Mowsley Leicestershire LE17 6PZ
Received 1 Sept 2026646 Uppingham Road Thurnby Leicestershire LE7 9RN
Received 1 Sept 2026Caldow House Crescent Road Lutterworth Leicestershire
Received 1 Sept 2026Manor Farmhouse 39 Main Street Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire LE8 0NR
Received 1 Sept 20262 North Lane Foxton Leicestershire LE16 7RF
Received 2 Sept 2026Kiln House North Lane Foxton Leicestershire LE16 7RF
Received 2 Sept 2026Gilmorton Lodge Kimcote Road Gilmorton Leicestershire LE17 5PL
Received 2 Sept 2026Land East Of Lutterworth Gilmorton Road Lutterworth Leicestershire
Received 2 Sept 2026Peatling Lodge Farm Bruntingthorpe Road Peatling Parva Leicestershire LE17 5RB
Received 21 Aug 2026The Lodge Grange Lane Thurnby Leicestershire LE7 9PH
Received 2 Sept 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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