Online Planning Applications
Welcome to Public Access for Planning
Public Access for Planning is our online internet service that provides details of current planning applications. You can follow the progress of an application, make a comment, search a weekly list of applications and decisions, view historic applications and view property details including maps. Using the associated documents tool you will be able to view application drawings and attachments.
Please note: For reasons of confidentiality, Harborough District Council may be obliged not to display certain Planning Applications.
To view public access please read the copyright notice below and click one of the links to proceed.
Submit a planning application
You can submit a planning application electronically to Harborough District Council using the National Planning Portal.
From 1st October 2008, there will be changes to the Permitted Development limits and conditions related to Householder extensions and improvements. Planning permission will not be required at a house (this does not include flats), under normal circumstances, for the developments summarised below subject to the limits and conditions listed.
For more detailed information see the Permitted Development limit page below, the Statutory Instrument published by the Office of Public Sector Information or the National Planning Portals 'Interactive House' which gives details on common household objects.
Do I Need Planning Permission?
A form has been design to help people who want to know if they are likely to need planning permission to carry out improvement works to their homes. Please complete this form and hand it in or send it to the Development Control Section at:
Harborough District Council,
Council Offices,
Adam and Eve Street,
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire
LE16 7AG
We will aim to reply to your enquiry within 10 working days. Please leave a day time telephone number so we can contact you if we need more information.
For Building Regulation advice please contact the Building Control Helpline on (01858 88 10 90).
The Public Access service continues to be developed and at the present time only limited constraint information is available online.
The online planning history contained within the site at the present is incomplete and must not be used as a substitute for carrying out a formal 'Land Charge Search'. No responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions in the planning history information obtained from 'Public Access'. Similarly the information contained within Public Access does not constitute in any way a formal notification of a planning decision, and as such any actions taken as a result of information displayed on the site are undertaken entirely at the viewer's own risk.
Under normal circumstances the plans and documents associated with new planning applications will be able to be viewed within 3 working days of receipt of the application. If none are displayed at the time, you may wish to try a few days later or alternatively you will be able to view the application and associated documents at the Council Offices, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough during normal office hours (tel. 01858 828282). Applications received in the western part of the district are also available for inspection at the Lutterworth Service Shop, 19 – 21 Market Street, Lutterworth (tel. 01455 550500).
You will need a suitable TIFF viewer capable of viewing multi page and colour images in order to be able to view associated documents. A suitable viewer can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.bravaviewer.com/downloadreader.htm (Brava Reader).
Plans, drawing and materials submitted to the council are protected by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act (Section 47 - 1988 Act). The images are provided for information purposes only and you may only use material which is downloaded and or printed for consultation processes to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check that developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
By continuing to use this facility you are agreeing to the above copyright notice. Please select the appropiate link below:
- View or Comment on Planning Applications Online
- Search the Enforcement Register
- View Planning and Enforcement Appeals
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Adam and Eve Street
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
Post CodeLE16 7AG
Telephone01858 828282
Mobile07797 878282
Fax01858 821000
emailcustomer.services@harborough.gov.uk
From 1st October 2008, there will be changes to the Permitted Development limits and conditions related to Householder extensions and improvements.
Planning permission will not be required at a house, under normal circumstances, for the development summarised below subject to the limits and conditions listed.
A SUMMARY OF THE LIMITS AND CONDITIONS
Class A - Extensions & Improvements
Permitted development subject to the following limits and conditions:
- No extension forward of the principal elevation or side elevation fronting a highway.
- No extension to be higher than the highest part of the roof.
- Maximum depth of a single storey rear extension of 3 metres for an attached house and 4 metres for a detached house.
- Maximum depth of a rear extension of more than one storey of 3 metres including ground floor.
- On article 1(5) land no permitted development for rear extensions of more than one storey.
- Maximum eaves height of extension three metres within two metres of boundary.
- Maximum eaves and ridge height of extension no higher than existing house.
- Side extensions to be single storey with maximum height of 4 metres and width no more than half that of the original house.
- Two storey extensions no closer than 7 metres to rear boundary.
- Roof pitch of extensions higher than one storey to match existing house.
- Materials to be similar in appearance to the existing house.
- No verandas, balconies or raised platforms.
- Side facing windows to be obscure-glazed; any opening to be 1.7 metres above the floor.
- On article 1(5) land no cladding of the exterior.
- On article 1(5) land no side extensions.
Class B - Roof Extensions
Permitted development subject to the following limits and conditions:
- A volume allowance of 40 cubic metres for terraced houses.
- A volume allowance of 50 cubic metres for detached and semi-detached houses.
- No extension beyond the plane of the existing roof slope facing onto and visible from the highway.
- No extension to be higher than the highest part of the roof.
- Materials to be similar in appearance to the existing house.
- No verandas, balconies or raised platforms.
- Side facing windows to be obscure-glazed; any opening to be 1.7 metres above the floor.
- Roof extensions not to be permitted development in designated areas.
- Extensions to be set back, as far as practicable, at least 20 centimetres from the eaves.
Class C - Roof Alterations
Permitted development subject to the following limits and conditions:
- Any alteration to project no more than 150 millimetres from the existing roof plane.
- No alteration to be higher than the highest part of the roof.
- Side facing windows to be obscure-glazed; any opening to be 1.7 metres above the floor.
Class D - Porches
No change to existing permitted development.
Class E - Outbuildings, Enclosures, Swimming Pools and Oil and Gas Containers
Permitted development subject to the following limits and conditions:
- No building, enclosure, pool or container forward of the principal elevation fronting a highway.
- Buildings to be single storey with maximum eaves height of 2.5 metres and maximum overall height of 4 metres with a dual pitched roof or three metres for any other roof.
- Maximum height 2.5 metres within 2 metres of a boundary.
- No verandas, balconies or raised platforms.
- Maximum 50% coverage of garden.
- In National Parks, the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Sites the maximum area to be covered by buildings, enclosures, containers or pools more than 20 metres from house to be limited to 10 square metres.
- On article 1(5) land, buildings, enclosures, containers or pools at the side of properties will require planning permission.
- Within the curtilage of listed buildings any outbuilding will require planning permission.
Class F - Hard Surfaces
Permitted Development subject to:
- Any surface installed in the front garden of more than 5m2 to be either porous or to run-off to a porous or permeable surface.
Class G - Chimneys, Flues and Soil and Vent Pipes
Permitted Development subject to:
- The height being less than 1m above the highest part of the roof.
- On article 1(5) land no installation on the principal or a side elevation that fronts a highway.
Class H - Microwave Antenna
No change to existing permitted development.
Part 40, Class G
Solar panels to become permitted development on a principal or side elevation visible from a highway in conservation areas and World Heritage Sites.
