Examination Library
Harborough Local Plan 2020-2041 – Submission documents and evidence library
Documents submitted to the Secretary of State for examination and the Local Plan evidence library are available below.
Local Plan Evidence Library
Document categories
- Core Submission Documents (S-NLP)
- Statements of Common Ground (SCG-NLP)
- Business and employment (EMP-NLP)
- Environment (EN-NLP)
- Green infrastructure and open space (GR-NLP)
- Heritage and community assets (HFC-NLP)
- Housing (HSG-NLP)
- Implementation and monitoring (IMP-NLP)
- Infrastructure (INF-NLP)
- Landscape (LAN-NLP)
- Local Plan preparation (PRE-NLP)
- People and places (PPL-NLP)
- Retailing (RTL-NLP)
- Topic Papers (TPC-NLP)
- Transport (TRP-NLP)
Core Submission documents
- S-NLP 1: Harborough Local Plan 2020-2041
- S-NLP 2: Policies Maps
- S-NLP 3: Harborough Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal Feb 2025
- S-NLP 4: Habitats Regulation Assessment Feb 2025
- S-NLP 5: Statement of Community Involvement June 2025
- S-NLP 6: Local Development Scheme (LDS) Nov 2025
- S-NLP 7: Equalities Impact Assessment Feb 2026
- S-NLP 8: Authority Monitoring Report 2024/25
- S-NLP 9: Duty to Cooperate (Effective Cooperation) Statement of Compliance April 2026
- S-NLP 10: Regulation 22 Consultation Statement Feb 2026
- S-NLP 11: Database of Regulation 19 Representations
- S-NLP 12: Pre-examination Checklist Feb 2026
- S-NLP 13: PINS Letter- matters to address before submission for examination Feb 2026
- S-NLP 14: HDC Response to PINS response to pre-examination checklist April 2026
- S-NLP 15: Schedule of Proposed Modifications to the Submission of the Harborough Local Plan 2020-2041 and Policies Map April 2026
Statements of Common Ground
- SCG-NLP 1: Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities Statement of Common Ground relating to Strategic Warehousing and Logistics Need Sept 2021
- SCG-NLP 2: South Leicestershire Local Plan Making Statement of Common Ground Nov 2021
- SCG-NLP 3: Leicester & Leicestershire Authorities - Statement of Common Ground June 2022
- SCG-NLP 4: Leicester & Leicestershire Duty to Cooperate Transitional Arrangements in Respect of Unmet Need Feb 2025
- SCG-NLP 5: Blaby District Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 6: Environment Agency and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 7: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 8: Historic England and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 9: Homes England and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 10: Melton Borough Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 11: Natural England and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 12: National Highways and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 13: NHS and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 14: North Northamptonshire Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 15: North West Leicestershire District Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 16: Rugby Borough Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 17: West Northamptonshire Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground March 2025
- SCG-NLP 18: Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities Statement of Common Ground relating to Housing Distribution following NPPF and new Standard Method published in December 2024, Dec 2025
- SCG-NLP 19: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground May 2025
- SCG-NLP 20: Leicestershire County Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground June 2025
- SCG-NLP 21: Charnwood Borough Council and Harborough District Council Duty to Cooperate Statement of Common Ground July 2025
- SCG-NLP 22: Leicestershire County Council (Strategic Property Services) and Harborough District Council relating to the Lutterworth East SDA Feb 2026
- SCG-NLP 23: Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities Statement of Common Ground relating to Strategic Warehousing Need March 2026
- SCG-NLP 24: Leicester City Council and Harborough District Statement of Common Ground relating to Leicester City Council's Regulation 19 representations April 2026
- SCG-NLP 25: National Highways and Harborough District Council: Harborough Local Plan Statement of Common Ground April 2026
- SCG-NLP 26: Statement of Common Ground between Harborough District Council and the Development Partners comprising Homes England (and Urban&Civic relating to the Land South of Gartree Road Strategic Development Area April 2026
Business & Employment
- EMP-NLP 1: Warehousing and Logistics in Leicester and Leicestershire: Managing growth and change Study (amended March 2022)
- EMP-NLP 2: Leicester and Leicestershire HENA -Employment Distribution Paper June 2022
- EMP-NLP 3: Harborough District Economic Development Strategy (2024-2031) Dec 2024
- EMP-NLP 4: Strategic B8 Needs Sensitivity Report Dec 2024
- EMP-NLP 5: Harborough Local Housing & Employment Land Evidence Feb 2025
- EMP-NLP 6: Leicester & Leicestershire Strategic Distribution Floorspace Needs Update and Apportionment Oct 2025
Environment
- EN-NLP 1: Air Quality Report Oct 2024
- EN-NLP 2: Climate Change and Renewable Energy Study Risk Assessment Sept 2024
- EN-NLP 3: Climate Change and Renewable Energy Study Policy Review Oct 2024
- EN-NLP 4: Harborough Renewable Energy Study Oct 2024
- EN-NLP 5: Joint Water Cycle Scoping Study Dec 2024
- EN-NLP 6: Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Oct 2024
- EN-NLP 7: Strategic Flod Risk Assessment Level 2 Dec 2024
- EN-NLP 8: Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Addendum Aug 2025
- EN-NLP 9: Sequential and Exception Test Jan 2025
- EN-NLP 10: Sequential and Exception Test Addendum Sept 2025
- EN-NLP 11: Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Local Nature Recovery Strategy July 2025
- EN-NLP 12: Ecological Assessment of Proposed Site Allocations April 2026
- EN-NLP 13: Market Harborough North Odour Assessment March 2026
Green Infrastructure & Open Spaces
- GR-NLP 1: Open Spaces Strategy 2021
- GR-NLP 2: Provision for Open Space Sport and Recreation - Delivery Plan 2021
- GR-NLP 3: Playing Pitch Strategy 2022
- GR-NLP 4: Green and Blue Infrastructure Study Dec 2024
Heritage and Community Assets
- HFC-NLP 1: Heritage Analysis of Local Plan Sites Nov 2024
- HFC-NLP 2: Heritage Analysis of Local Plan Sites Addendum Feb 2026
Housing
- HSG-NLP 1: Leicester & Leicestershire SHELAA Joint Methodology Paper, 2019
- HSG-NLP 2: HENA Report June 2022
- HSG-NLP 3: HENA – Housing Distribution Paper June 2022
- HSG-NLP 4: SHELAA Assessment Update Feb 2024
- HSG-NLP 5: SHELAA Interactive Map 2024
- HSG-NLP 6: SHELAA Site Companion Guide Feb 2024
- HSG-NLP 7: Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Assessment Nov 2024
- HSG-NLP 8: Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Assessment Addendum – Additional Sites Aug 2025
- HSG-NLP 9: Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment Oct 2024
- HSG-NLP 10: 5 Year Housing Land Supply Statement Oct 2025
- HSG-NLP 11: Updated Housing Distribution Paper Nov 2025
Infrastructure
- INF-NLP 1: Infrastructure Delivery Plan Feb 2025
- INF-NLP 2: Infrastructure Delivery Plan March 2026
- INF-NLP 3: Local Plan Viability Assessment Jan 2025
- INF-NLP 4: Local Plan Viability Assessment Addendum – Market Conditions Feb 2026
Landscape
- LAN-NLP 1: Leicester and Leicestershire Green Wedge Review Joint Methodology June 2011
- LAN-NLP 2: Landscape Character Assessment Aug 2024
- LAN-NLP 3: Area of Separation Study Nov 2024
- LAN-NLP 4: Green Wedge Assessment Dec 2024
- LAN-NLP 5: Landscape Sensitivity Assessment Dec 2024
New Local Plan Preparation
- PRE-NLP 1: Statement of Community Involvement Feb 2020
- PRE-NLP 2: Issues and Options Consultation Document (Regulation 18) Jan 2024
- PRE-NLP 3: Regulation 18 Consultation Statement Nov 2024
- PRE-NLP 4: Local Plan Development Strategy Feb 2025
- PRE-NLP 5: Site Selection Methodology Feb 2025
- PRE-NLP 6: Site Selection Methodology Addendum – Assessment of Large Strategic Sites Nov 2025
- PRE-NLP 7: Health Impact Assessment Feb 2025
Factual corrections to the published Health Impact Assessment have been made. These corrections are set out here. - PRE-NLP 8: Regulation 19 Equalities Impact Assessment Feb 2025
- PRE-NLP 9: Submission Covering Letter April 2026
People & Places
- PPL-NLP 1: Settlement Hierarchy Assessment Jan 2025
Retail
- RTL-NLP 1: Lutterworth Town Centre Masterplan (September 2021)
- RTL-NLP 2: Market Harborough Town Centre Masterplan (June 2022)
- RTL-NLP 3: Harborough Retail Town Centres Study Feb 2025
Topic Papers
- TPC-NLP 1: Climate Change Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 2: Heritage Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 3: Flood Risk Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 4: Open Space, Sport and Recreation and Local Green Space Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 5: Employment and Retail Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 6: Strategic Warehousing Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 7: Housing Numbers Topic Paper
- TPC-NLP 8: Housing Mix and Type Topic Paper March 2026
- TPC-NLP 9: Infrastructure Topic Paper Aril 2026
- TPC-NLP 11: Green Wedges, Ares of Separation and Landscape Topic Paper March 2026
Transport
- TRP-NLP 1: Leicestershire Local Transport Plan Nov 2024
- TRP-NLP 2: Harborough Strategic Transport Impact Assessment Jan 2025
- TRP-NLP 3: South Leicestershire Joint Transport Assessment Stage 1 Jan 2025
- TRP-NLP 4: Draft Joint Transport Evidence 2.8 – Identifying Mitigation and Costs April 2026
- TRP-NLP 5: South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence Stage 2 Sept 2025