Background Reports

In April 2007, Harborough District Council commissioned Roger Tym & Partners to undertake a retail study to inform the Council's Local Development Framework (LDF) by assessing the role and contribution that Harborough's centres, in particular Market Harborough and Lutterworth, can make towards meeting future retail needs.

The study also looks in detail at the 'health' of both Market Harborough and Lutterworth town centres. The smaller centres of Broughton Astley, Fleckney, Kibworth Beachamp and Great Glen were also less detailed overviews of their roles in local retail service provision.

Although the study does provide figures for retail needs up to 2026, these are to be considered as 'indicative' and should be used for strategic planning policy development and have a less significant role in assessing individual schemes that come forward. Further to this, the study does not look at potential sites to accommodate retail needs.

The study can be accessed through the link below, which consist of an Executive Summary, the main report and accompanying annexes, which include stakeholders, maps of both Market Harborough and Lutterworth town centres, identifying types of retail use, performance analysis data etc. 

Retail Study - Main Report and Appendices