Examination Documents

Correspondence from the Inspectors, Council and Representors and other document accepted by the Inspectors following submission of the Local Plan for Examination can be found below.

Representors Documents

• REP 1: Anglian Water Position Statement

Inspectors Documents

• ID 11 V4: Timetable for Harborough Examination Stage 2 Hearings V4
   
• ID 11 V3: Timetable for Harborough Examination Stage 2 Hearings V3
   
• ID 11 V2:Timetable for Harborough Examination Stage 2 Hearings V2
   
• ID 11: Timetable for Examination Stage 2 Hearings 
   
• ID 10: Panel Note 9 - Examination Hearings Guidance Note
   
• ID 9: Panel Note 8 - Stage 2 MIQs
   
• ID 8: Panel Note 7 - Transitional Arrangements Post Hearing Letter
   
• ID 7: Panel note 6 Transport and VA work
   
• ID 6 V2: Timetable for Stage 1 Harborough Examination
   
• ID 5: Panel Note 5 Inspectors Stage 1 Guidance Note
   
• ID 4: Panel Note 4 Stage 1 MIQs
   
• ID 3: Panel Note 3 Preliminary Questions (16 June 2026)
   
• ID 2: Panel Note 2 Preliminary Questions (2 June 2026)
  • ID 2B: Annex to Panel Note 2 - Schedule of Proposed Modification (2 June 2026)
  • ID 2A: Annex 1 to Panel Note 2 - Housing Land Supply (2 June 2026)
     
• ID 1: Panel Note 1 Introductory Letter to the Council (15 May 2026)

Council Documents

• HDC27: Timetable for the Publication of the Harborough and Oadby & Wigston Education Delivery Mechanism
   
• HDC26: Harborough SA Strategic Employment Note
   
• HDC25: Note on Timescales for Additional Transport Submissions
   
• HDC 24: Note on Live-Stream Transcript
   
• HDC 23: Director of Planning Re-opening statement 10 November 2026
   
• HDC 22: Leicester Leicestershire Authorities - SoCG relating to Unmet Need arising from The Borough of Oadby and Wigston September 2026
   
• HDC 21: Leicestershire County Council’s report on the Harborough LP October 13, 2026
   
• HDC 20: Issues and Options Sustainability Appraisal 
   
• HDC 19: TRP-NLP 4A Joint Transport Evidence Costing Mitigation - Updated Report (July 2026)
  * Unredacted version following publication of Blaby District Council’s Draft Local Plan (regulation 19) (August 2026).
   
• HDC 18: Harborough and Oadby and Wigston Local Plan Education Delivery Strategy
  • HDC 18A: Appendix 1 Harborough Local Plan Allocations
  • HDC 18B: Appendix 2 Oadby and Wigston Local Plan Allocations
  • HDC 18C: Appendix 3 Estimated Primary Pupil Growth
  • HDC 18D: Appendix 4 Estimated Secondary School Growth 
  • HDC 18E: Appendix 5 Early Years Provision
     
• HDC 17: Housing Land Supply Small Site Summary Table
   
• HDC 16: Water Cycle Study Note
   
• HDC 15: Statement of Common Ground on Strategic Warehousing and the A5
   
• HDC 14: Transport Topic Paper (Part Two) September 2026
   
• HDC 13: Preliminary Scheme Design (Local Highways)
   
• HDC 12: Updated Local Plan Viability
   
• HDC11: Updated Infrastructure Delivery Plan
  • HDC 11A: IDP Infrastructure Delivery Schedule September 2026
     
• HDC 10: Transport Topic Paper (Part 1) Aug 2026
   
• HDC 9: Leicestershire County Council Highways SoCG
   
• HDC 8: Director of Planning Opening Statement 12 August 2026
   
• HDC 7: Planning Judgement Case - Judgment referred to in the Council’s evidence at the hearing on 12 August. The Panel was referred to paragraph 24. It is the Council’s position that it shows how the NPPF (including transitional arrangements) is guidance and therefore open to the Panel in the exercise of their own planning judgment to depart from this guidance (even when it is expressed in unqualified terms) when the circumstances justify that. Such circumstances include where doing so would be most consistent with achieving sustainable development, in accordance with national objectives.
   
• HDC6: Council's response to Panel Note 6
  • HDC6A: Stage 1 Baseline Infrastructure Needs Assessment July 2024
     
• HDC5: Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan (December 2018)
   
• HDC 4: Council’s response to Panel Note 2 (ID2) (12 June 2026)
  • HDC 4A: Open Space Strategy Review 2026
    • Accompanying appendices and supporting information
  • HDC 4B: Statement of Common Ground between Harborough District Council and Historic England April 2026 
  • HDC 4C: Local Authority Partners comprising Harborough District Council and Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and the Development Partners comprising Homes England and Urban and Civic relating to the Land South of Gartree Road Strategic Development Area June 2026
  • HDC 4D: North of Market Harborough SoCG signed 31 July 2026
     
• HDC 3: Council's response to Panel Note 3 (ID3) (19 June 2026)
  • Appendix 1 - Reg 19 reps - Transition arrangements - Extract from S-NLP11
     
• HDC 2: Council's response to Panel Note 2 (ID2) (12 June 2026)
  • Appendix 1 - Schedule of Proposed Modifications amended following Panel Note 2 (ID2)
  • Appendix 2 -  Deliverable sites 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2033 by category
  • Appendix 3 – LP Allocations (Housing Land Supply Templates)
  • Appendix 4 – Non allocation major sites (Housing Land Supply Templates)
  • Appendix 5 - Leicester and Leicestershire Updated Housing Mix Evidence April 2026
  • Appendix 6 - Explanatory Note - Leicester and Leicestershire Updated Housing Mix Evidence April 2026
     
• HDC 1: Council’s response to Panel Note 1 (ID1) (20 May 2026)