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Harborough District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Harborough District Council decided more than 1,600 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Harborough District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Harborough District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Harborough District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,600
Share refusedof those approved or refused 8%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 100
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 30%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 56plan adopted 2019

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Harborough District Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issues are: • The effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area including an Important Open Space; • Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hallaton Conservation…”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon highway safety.”

    Allowed, 2023

  • “The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area; and, • whether the site is an appropriate location for the development proposed.”

    Allowed, 2023

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.”

    Allowed, 2023

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.