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The deputy leader of Husbands Bosworth Parish Council says he was very disappointed by the lack of representation from Harborough District Council, Leicestershire County Council and various stakeholders at an important public meeting. Hosted by Alberto Costa MP, the meeting at Lutterworth College on Friday night (15th August) was arranged to discuss numerous major developments […]
A property developer is appealing Harborough District Council’s refusal of planning permission on a large green field site to the north of our area. In 2023, Parker Strategic Land submitted plans for a 70-bed residential care home alongside 230 new houses on land adjacent to Firs Road at Houghton On The Hill. These also included […]
The building of five new homes on a former airfield at the edge of Lubenham will now be going ahead – after a Government Planning Inspector stepped in to uphold an appeal by developers. Last year Harborough District Council rejected a proposal for the new houses at Chapel Farm on Foxton Road in Lubenham, on […]
Harborough District Council has announced it will now put its long awaited Local Plan out to public consultation. It sets out the authority’s vision, objectives, spatial strategy and planning policies for the period up to 2031. The decision to proceed was made at a meeting of Councillors last night – who decided it would be […]
Plans have been revealed to remove and replace some of the cladding on a retirement living complex in Market Harborough after it was deemed a fire risk. The work is needed at Welland Place on St Mary’s Road following a fire risk assessment. A planning application to carry it out has been submitted to Harborough […]
Harborough District Council (HDC) is defending its work on Harborough’s new Local Plan after MP Neil O’Brien called the public consultation a “sham”. Mr O’Brien cites figures “quietly released by the council” showing that only 101 members of the public responded to the consultation – equating to just 0.1 per cent of the district’s population. […]
A public meeting’s being held tonight to discuss controversial plans which could see new homes earmarked for Leicester City being built across the Harborough District instead. MP Neil O’ Brien has helped to organise the meeting – and is encouraging anyone who’s concerned to gather in the Methodist Church Hall on Northampton Road at 6.30pm […]
It’s expected more homes at a massive new development north of Market Harborough will be given the nod later today. Harborough District Council (HDC) granted outline planning permission for up to 450 homes, a new school and shops on the Airfield Farm site some seven years’ ago. Final plans for a ‘local centre’ – accommodating retailers, […]
An application’s been made to construct up to 230 new homes as part of a major, greenfield development in the north of the Harborough District. Parker Strategic Land Ltd has lodged outline plans to build on fields to the north and south of the A47 Uppingham Road at Houghton on the Hill. The site currently […]
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