Document downloads - New local plan – 2020-2041
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Available downloads
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Local Development Scheme
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Local Development Scheme November 2025 (PDF, 291.98 KB)
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Local Development Scheme February 2025 (PDF, 330.11 KB)
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Local Development Scheme December 2023 (PDF, 291.21 KB)
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Provision for Open Space Sport and Recreation - Delivery Plan 2021
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Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA), 2021 - Site Companion Guide
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Final Site Companion Guide 05 09 2022 (PDF, 17.34 MB)
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SHELAA Report, 2021 (August 2022)
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SHELAA Main Report Final 09 22 (PDF, 894.81 KB)
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SHELAA Frequently Asked Questions
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SHELAA Publication FAQs - FINAL 07 09 22 (PDF, 65.14 KB)
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Settlement Hierarchy Assessment
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Settlement Hierarchy Assessment (PDF, 1.34 MB)
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Summary of Duty to Cooperate Engagement
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Summary of Duty to Cooperate Engagement (PDF, 397.97 KB)
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Equality Impact Assessment
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Equality Impact Assessment (PDF, 340.36 KB)
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Site Selection Methodology, 2023
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Site Selection Methodology, 2023 (PDF, 903.97 KB)
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Issues and Options Sustainability Appraisal
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Issues and Options Sustainability Appraisal (PDF, 11.2 MB)
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Habitats Regulations Assessment
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Habitats Regulations Assessment (PDF, 18.18 MB)
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Issues and Options Consultation Document
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Issues and Options Consultation Document (PDF, 2.27 MB)
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Issues and Options Consultation Document Summary Guide
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Issues and Options Consultation Document Summary Guide (PDF, 5.9 MB)
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Air Quality Report Oct 2024
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Air Quality Report Oct 2024 (PDF, 21.5 MB)
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SHELAA Companion Guide 2024
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SHELAA Companion Guide 2024 (PDF, 13.02 MB)
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Strategic B8 Needs Sensitivity Report Dec 2024
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Strategic B8 Needs Sensitivity Report (PDF, 1.7 MB)
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Appendix: Assessment of Potential B8 Sites (PDF, 3.11 MB)
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Green and Blue Infrastructure Study Dec 2024
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Green and Blue Infrastructure Study Dec 2024 (PDF, 21.94 MB)
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Air Quality Report Oct 2024
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Air Quality Report Oct 2024 (PDF, 21.5 MB)
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Climate Change and Renewable Energy Study
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Climate Change and Renewable Energy Study Policy Review (PDF, 1.59 MB)
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Climate Change and Renewable Energy Study Risk Assessment (PDF, 15.43 MB)
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Harborough Local Housing and Employment Land Evidence Feb 2025
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Heritage Analysis of Local Plan Sites Nov 2024
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Heritage Analysis of Local Plan Sites Nov 2024 (PDF, 434.54 KB)
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Landscape Character Assessment Aug 2024
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Landscape Character Assessment (PDF, 7.15 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 1: Farmed Plateau Ridge Tops (PDF, 1.14 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 2: Elevated Rolling Farmland (PDF, 2.87 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 3: Rolling Wooded Farmland (PDF, 2.18 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 4: Settled and Farmed Edge (PDF, 1.69 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 5: Settled Vale (PDF, 3.6 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 6: River Valley Slopes (PDF, 1.58 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 7: River Valley Floodplain (PDF, 1.59 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 8: Elevated Farmed Plateau (PDF, 1.64 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 9: Open Farmed Lowlands (PDF, 1.63 MB)
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Landscape Character Type 10: Transitional Rolling Farmland (PDF, 2 MB)
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Green Wedge Assessment Dec 2024
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Green Wedge Assessment Dec 2024 (PDF, 10.06 MB)
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Landscape Sensitivity Assessment
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Area of Separation Study Nov 2024
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Area of Separation Study Nov 2024 (PDF, 15.59 MB)
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Health Impact Assessment Feb 2025
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Health Impact Assessment Feb 2025 (PDF, 3.82 MB)
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Settlement Hierarchy Assessment January 2025
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Settlement Hierarchy Assessment January 2025 (PDF, 1.35 MB)
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Harborough Retail Town Centres Study Feb 2025
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Retail Town Centres Study (PDF, 5.25 MB)
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Household Survey by Zone (PDF, 2.66 MB)
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Harborough Strategic Transport Impact Assessment Jan 2025
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Harborough Strategic Transport Impact Assessment Jan 2025 (PDF, 13.61 MB)
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Oct 2024
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Report (PDF, 3.16 MB)
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Appendix A: Level 1 GeoPDF Mapping (PDF, 2.17 MB)
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Appendix B: Data Sources (PDF, 533.71 KB)
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Appendix C: SFRA User Guide (PDF, 129.87 KB)
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Appendix D: Flood Alert and Warnings (PDF, 160.75 KB)
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Appendix E: Harborough Flood Risk Summary (PDF, 534.21 KB)
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Appendix F: CIA (PDF, 1.81 MB)
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South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence Study Stage 1 Jan 2025
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Joint Water Cycle Scoping Study Dec 2024
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Joint Water Cycle Scoping Study Dec 2024 (PDF, 15.73 MB)
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SHELAA Assessment Update 2024
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SHELAA Assessment Update 2024 (PDF, 908.07 KB)
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Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Assessment Nov 2024
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Harborough Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment Oct 2024
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Policies Maps
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Overview (PDF, 5.55 MB)
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Land South of Gartree Road (PDF, 15.66 MB)
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Lutterworth, Bitteswell and Magna Park (PDF, 6.67 MB)
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Market Harborough North and Great Bowden (PDF, 7.99 MB)
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Market Harborough South and Great Bowden (PDF, 7.85 MB)
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Thurnby, Bushby, Scraptoft (PDF, 4.84 MB)
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The Kibworths and Smeeton Westerby (PDF, 2.63 MB)
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Broughton Astley (PDF, 1.53 MB)
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Fleckney (PDF, 1.58 MB)
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Ullesthorpe (PDF, 3.42 MB)
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Allexton (PDF, 2.57 MB)
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Arnesby (PDF, 3.33 MB)
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Ashby Magna (PDF, 2.53 MB)
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Ashby Parva (PDF, 2.87 MB)
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Billesdon (PDF, 3.91 MB)
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Blaston (PDF, 1.91 MB)
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Bruntingthrope Proving Ground (PDF, 5.13 MB)
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Bruntingthorpe (PDF, 2.38 MB)
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Burton Overy (PDF, 2.94 MB)
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Carlton Curlieu (PDF, 1.82 MB)
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Catthorpe (PDF, 2.09 MB)
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Church Langton and East Langton (PDF, 3.24 MB)
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Claybrooke Magna and Parva (PDF, 3.3 MB)
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Cotesbach (PDF, 2.6 MB)
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Drayton (PDF, 2.1 MB)
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Dunton Basset (PDF, 3.55 MB)
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East Norton (PDF, 1.94 MB)
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Foxton (PDF, 3.87 MB)
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Frolesworth (PDF, 2.25 MB)
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Gaulby (PDF, 2.27 MB)
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Gilmorton (PDF, 4.17 MB)
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Great Easton with Bringhurst (PDF, 3.25 MB)
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Great Glen (PDF, 6.55 MB)
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Gumley (PDF, 2.28 MB)
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Hallaton (PDF, 3.47 MB)
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Horninghold (PDF, 2.49 MB)
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Houghton on the Hill (PDF, 4.17 MB)
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Hungarton (PDF, 2.47 MB)
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Husbands Bosworth (PDF, 4.28 MB)
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Illston on the Hill (PDF, 2.53 MB)
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Keyham (PDF, 2.73 MB)
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Kimcote (PDF, 2.82 MB)
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Kings Norton (PDF, 2.34 MB)
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Laughton (PDF, 2.32 MB)
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Leicester Airport (PDF, 3.57 MB)
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Leire (PDF, 3.77 MB)
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Loddington (PDF, 2.72 MB)
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Lowesby (PDF, 2.27 MB)
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Lubenham (PDF, 4.09 MB)
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Medbourne (PDF, 3.8 MB)
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Misterton and Walcote (PDF, 2.37 MB)
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Mowsley (PDF, 2.44 MB)
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Nevill Holt (PDF, 2 MB)
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North Kilworth (PDF, 4.13 MB)
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Oswton (PDF, 2.51 MB)
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Peatling Magna (PDF, 2.18 MB)
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Peatling Parva (PDF, 3.05 MB)
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Rolleston (PDF, 2.43 MB)
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Saddington (PDF, 2.63 MB)
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Shawell (PDF, 3.39 MB)
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Shearsby (PDF, 2.95 MB)
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Skeffington (PDF, 2.39 MB)
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Slawston (PDF, 2.22 MB)
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South Kilworth (PDF, 2.82 MB)
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Stoughton (PDF, 6.09 MB)
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Swinford (PDF, 3.4 MB)
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Theddingworth (PDF, 2.76 MB)
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Thorpe Langton (PDF, 2.29 MB)
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Tilton on the Hill (PDF, 3.19 MB)
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Tugby (PDF, 3.22 MB)
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Tur Langton (PDF, 2.65 MB)
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Walton (PDF, 2.99 MB)
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Willoughby Waterleys (PDF, 2.68 MB)
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Site Selection Methodology Feb 2025
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Schedule of Amendments (PDF, 236.53 KB)
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Site Selection Methodology (PDF, 638.31 KB)
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Appendix 1: Settlement Profiles (PDF, 6.42 MB)
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Appendix 2: Sites rejected not taken forward from the SHELAA (PDF, 142.69 KB)
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Appendix 3: Sites rejected at Stage 3 (PDF, 3.07 MB)
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Appendix 4: Stage 4 Technical Assessments (PDF, 6.14 MB)
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Appendix 5: Sustainability Appraisal Accessibility Data (PDF, 350.1 KB)
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Appendix 6: Large Strategic Sites Assessment (PDF, 853.32 KB)
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Harborough Renewable Energy Study Oct 2024
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Harborough Renewable Energy Study Oct 2024 (PDF, 7.96 MB)
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Sequential and Exception Test Jan 2025
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Sequential and Exception Test (PDF, 459.7 KB)
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Appendix 4 SFRA Level 2 Site Screening Summaries (PDF, 639.69 KB)
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Appendix 6: SFRA Level 2 8054 site table (PDF, 946.88 KB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 8143 site table (PDF, 1.45 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 8155 site table (PDF, 1.12 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 8234 site table (PDF, 1.41 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 8241 site table (PDF, 1.18 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 8247 site table (PDF, 1.12 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 10240 site table (PDF, 513.62 KB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 10248 site table (PDF, 1.02 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 10253 site table (PDF, 917.05 KB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 10595 site table (PDF, 1.06 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 10649 site table (PDF, 925.52 KB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 12231 site table (PDF, 2.02 MB)
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Appendix 6 SFRA Level 2 8631 site table (PDF, 197.79 KB)
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Dec 2024
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 (PDF, 2.06 MB)
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Appendix B: Site Screening Summary (PDF, 343.29 KB)
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Site table - 10595 (PDF, 95.39 KB)
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Site table 10649 (PDF, 87.4 KB)
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Site table - 12231 (PDF, 93.25 KB)
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Site table - 8054 (PDF, 99.58 KB)
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Site table - 8143 (PDF, 91.06 KB)
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Site table - 8234 (PDF, 96.52 KB)
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Site table - 8631 (PDF, 100.5 KB)
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Site table - 8241 (PDF, 92.07 KB)
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Site table - 8247 (PDF, 90.46 KB)
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Site table - 8155 (PDF, 89.56 KB)
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Site table - 10240 (PDF, 89.24 KB)
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Site table - 10248 (PDF, 97.57 KB)
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Site table - 10253 (PDF, 88.78 KB)
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Leicestershire Local Transport Plan Nov 2024
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Leicestershire Local Transport Plan Nov 2024 (PDF, 2.97 MB)
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Local Plan Viability Report Jan 2025
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Local Plan Viability Report (Redacted) (PDF, 9.24 MB)
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Local Plan Development Strategy Feb 2025
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Local Plan Development Strategy Feb 2025 (PDF, 1.67 MB)
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Infrastructure Delivery Plan Feb 2025
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Infrastructure Delivery Plan Feb 2025 (PDF, 1.01 MB)
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Proposed Submission Draft Harborough Local Plan
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Proposed Submission Draft Harborough Local Plan (PDF, 1.99 MB)
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Equalities Impact Assessment Feb 2025
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Equalities Impact Assessment Feb 2025 (PDF, 482.73 KB)
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Harborough Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal Feb 2025
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Sustainability Appraisal (PDF, 12.13 MB)
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Appendix A-B (PDF, 1.25 MB)
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Appendix C (PDF, 11.98 MB)
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Appendix D-E (PDF, 709.44 KB)
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Appendix F (PDF, 12.36 MB)
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Sustainability Appraisal Non-Technical Summary (PDF, 1.53 MB)
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Habitats Regulations Assessment Report Feb 2025
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Habitats Regulations Assessment Report Feb 2025 (PDF, 4.33 MB)
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Health Impact Assessment Feb 2025
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Health Impact Assessment Feb 2025 (PDF, 3.7 MB)
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Duty to Cooperate 2025
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Duty to Cooperate (PDF, 1.12 MB)
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Regulation 18 Consultation Statement Nov 2024
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Regulation 18 Consultation Statement Nov 2024 (PDF, 906.69 KB)
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Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities - Statement of Common Ground June 2022
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Proposed Submission Draft Representation Form
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Proposed Submission Draft Representation Form (DOCX, 213.44 KB)
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Representations Guidance Notes
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Representations Guidance Notes (PDF, 144.5 KB)
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Executive Summary
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Executive Summary (PDF, 1.19 MB)
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Statement of Representations Procedure and Statement of Fact
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Statement of Representations Procedure and Statement of Fact (PDF, 133.44 KB)
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Regulation 19 Display Boards
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Regulation 19 Display Boards (PDF, 3.38 MB)
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Statement of Community Involvement June 2025
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Statement of Community Involvement June 2025 (PDF, 277.37 KB)
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HIA Factual Updates May 2025
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HIA Factual Updates May 2025 (PDF, 172.34 KB)
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Local Development Scheme February 2025
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Local Development Scheme February 2025 (PDF, 330.11 KB)
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Local Development Scheme December 2023
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Local Development Scheme December 2023 (PDF, 291.21 KB)
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Blaby District Council March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Charnwood Borough Council July 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with the Environment Agency March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Historic England March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with the Homes England March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Leicestershire County Council June 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Melton Borough Council March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with National Highways March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Natural England March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with the NHS Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Integrated Care Board March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with North Northamptonshire Council March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with North West Leicestershire District Council March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Oadby and Wigston Borough Council May 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with Rugby Borough Council March 2025
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Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground with West Northamptonshire Council March 2025
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Leicester and Leicestershire: Strategic Distribution Floorspace Needs Update and Apportionment October 2025
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Leicester and Leicestershire Housing and Economic Needs Assessment - Employment Distribution Paper Amended June 2022
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Leicester City Council and Harborough District Council SoCG relating to Reg 19 reps (April 2026)
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Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities SoCG relating to Strategic Warehousing Need (March 2026)
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Leicestershire County Council (Strategic Property Services) and Harborough District Council relating to Lutterworth East Strategic Development Area Feb 2026
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Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities - Statement of Common Ground relating to Strategic Warehousing and Logistics Need (September 2021)
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Leicester and Leicestershire Statement of Common Ground Transitional Arrangements in respect of Unmet Need Feb 2025
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Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities - Statement of Common Ground relating to Housing Distribution following NPPF and new Standard Method (December 2025)
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South Leicestershire Local Plan Making Statement of Comment Ground (November 2021)
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Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Assessment: Addendum - Additional Sites August 2025
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Leicester and Leicestershire Green Wedge Review Joint Methodology June 2011
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Regulation 19 Representations
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Regulation 19 Representations (XLSX, 512.55 KB)
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PINS Pre-examination Checklist Feb 2026
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PINS Pre-examination Checklist Feb 2026 (PDF, 437.92 KB)
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PINS Letter- Matters to address before submission for examination Feb 2026
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Addendum Aug 2025
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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Addendum Aug 2025 (PDF, 516.58 KB)
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SFRA Appendix A NaFa2 Screening Assessment (XLSX, 229.73 KB)
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Updated 10240 Site Table (PDF, 200.9 KB)
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Updated 10248 Site Table (PDF, 210.66 KB)
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Updated 8054 Site Table (PDF, 214.59 KB)
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New 8737 Site Table (PDF, 210.53 KB)
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Whole Plan Viability Assessment - Market Conditions Update Addendum Feb 2026
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Site Selection Methodology Addendum - Assessment of Large Strategic Sites Nov 2025
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Warehousing and Logistics in Leicester and Leicestershire: Managing growth and change March 2022
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Regulation 22 Consultation Statement Feb 2022
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Regulation 22 Consultation Statement Feb 2022 (PDF, 4.96 MB)
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Equalities Impact Assessment Feb 2026
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Equalities Impact Assessment Feb 2026 (PDF, 582.23 KB)
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Sequential and Exception Test Addendum Sept 2025
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Sequential and Exception Test Addendum Sept 2025 (PDF, 169.6 KB)
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Ecological Assessment of Proposed Site Allocations April 2026
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Infrastructure Delivery Plan March 2026
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Infrastructure Delivery Plan March 2026 (PDF, 1.08 MB)
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Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Local Nature Recovery Strategy July 2025
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Leicester and Leicestershire HENA - Housing Distribution Paper June 2022
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Updated Housing Distribution Paper Nov 2025
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Updated Housing Distribution Paper Nov 2025 (PDF, 1.15 MB)
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Addendum to Heritage Analysis of Local Plan Sites Feb 2026
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Addendum to Heritage Analysis of Local Plan Sites Feb 2026 (PDF, 253.27 KB)
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South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence Stage 2 Sept 2025
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South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence Stage 2 Sept 2025 (PDF, 14.54 MB)
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National Highways and Harborough District Council: Harborough Local Plan Statement of Common Ground April 2026
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Climate Change Topic Paper March 2026
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Climate Change Topic Paper March 2026 (PDF, 271.08 KB)
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Flood Risk Topic Paper March 2026
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Flood Risk Topic Paper March 2026 (PDF, 310.46 KB)
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Green Wedge, Areas of Separation, and Landscape Topic Paper March 2026
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Open Space, Sport and Recreation and Local Green Space Topic Paper March 2026
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Employment and Retail Topic Paper March 2026
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Employment and Retail Topic Paper March 2026 (PDF, 714.64 KB)
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Strategic Warehousing Topic Paper March 2026
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Strategic Warehousing Topic Paper March 2026 (PDF, 1.42 MB)
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Heritage Topic Paper March 2026
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Heritage Topic Paper March 2026 (PDF, 338.72 KB)
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Housing Mix and Type Topic Paper March 2026
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Housing Mix and Type Topic Paper March 2026 (PDF, 616.58 KB)
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Schedule of Proposed Modifications to the Submission of the Harborough Local Plan 2020-2041 and Policies Map April 2026
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Duty to Cooperate (Effective Cooperation) Statement of Compliance April 2026
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Market Harborough North Odour Assessment March 2026
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Market Harborough North Odour Assessment March 2026 (PDF, 4.44 MB)
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Draft South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence – Costing Mitigation April 2026
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HDC Response to PINS response to pre-examination checklist April 2026
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Submission Covering Letter April 2026
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Submission Covering Letter April 2026 (PDF, 293.65 KB)
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Statement of Common Ground between Harborough District Council and the Development Partners comprising Homes England (and Urban and Civic relating to the Land South of Gartree Road Strategic Development Area April 2026
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Housing Numbers Topic Paper April 2026
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Housing Numbers Topic Paper April 2026 (PDF, 257.59 KB)
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Infrastructure Topic Paper April 2026
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Infrastructure Topic Paper April 2026 (PDF, 676.65 KB)
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