Document downloads - New local plan 2020-2041
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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 2026
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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 May 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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