Author: HFM News

New plans have been unveiled to turn a former factory in Market Harborough into houses. The site on Cross Street has been vacant for nearly four years. A planning application to create four two-bedroomed homes within the existing structure of the building has been handed to Harborough Council. It is expected to be considered next […]

Volunteers at Market Harborough Foodbank are thanking people for their support as they get set to complete their busiest ever year. The Jubilee Foodbank relies on donations from the public, particularly approaching Christmas when there is a surge in demand from people struggling to afford food. It’s also supported by a number of businesses and […]

A new industrial park has opened for business in Market Harborough. Airfield Business Park close to the Innovation Centre off Harborough Road, has cost £5.2m to develop and is set to create more than 200 jobs. Leicestershire County Council has built it, with six of the initial 12 units already reserved by companies. Phil Hill, […]

The go-ahead has been given for a new pub to be built in Market Harborough, to replace one that was devastated by a major fire. Planning permission has today been granted for it to go up off Rockingham Road, on the same site where The Roebuck stood, before it was demolished following the blaze in […]

Campaigners are welcoming progress on Harborough Council’s Climate Change Emergency Action Plan – a draft of which has been published for the first time. It details a number of proposals aimed at making the district more environmentally-friendly and how the Council itself can become carbon-neutral by 2030. The emergency was declared after young people held […]

An investigation has been launched into flooding near three new homes sites. People living by the Burnmill Farm development off Kingston Way in Market Harborough and sites off Saddington Road and Kilby Road in Fleckney have seen their gardens underwater during heavy rainfall. Residents blame the issue on the building sites, saying adequate drainage measures […]

Leicestershire County Council is proposing a 3.99% increase in its portion of Council Tax next year, which will mean about a pound extra a week for the average household across Harborough. The rise, if approved, will help deal with a surge in demand for children’s social care. The budget includes £80m worth of savings but […]

Police have begun targeting shoplifters and thieves travelling to Market Harborough to commit crime. The first of a number of special operations has been held involving uniformed officers and some in plain clothes. It saw them patrolling in the town centre, the railway station and on trains between Corby, Kettering and Market Harborough. No arrests […]

New plans have been announced to build a housing estate on the site of a fencing company in Great Bowden. 33 homes are earmarked for three acres of land off Leicester Lane, which has been home to Bowden Fencing and its saw-mill since the 1960s. A previous similar plan was set to be turned down, […]

Market Harborough boxing legend Jack Gardner will be honoured next year when a green plaque is put up in his name. Leicestershire County Council say final plans are being made as to where it will go in the town, although it will be unveiled by next summer. Gardner was crowned heavyweight boxing champion of Great […]