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Council Tax, Benefits and Business rates portal downtime 

Due to the annual billing work, our Council Tax and Benefits systems won’t be available online from Tuesday 24 February to Friday 27 February 2026, and our Business rates systems won’t be available online from Friday 20 February to Thursday, 26 February 2026. Please accept our apologies during these periods. 

 

Continuation of adjourned Local Plan Advisory Panel held on 11 February 2026

The Local Plan Advisory Panel will reconvene on 19 February 2026. This meeting is a continuation of the adjourned meeting held on 11 February 2026, when the Panel entered a private session. The remaining items of business will therefore be considered in private.

This is not a public meeting and access to the Council Chamber will be restricted on this date.

For any queries, please contact DemocraticServices@harborough.gov.uk

 

Further meeting of the Local Plan Advisory Panel

A further meeting of the Local Plan Advisory Panel has been convened on 26 February 2026. Cabinet will consider the proposed Local Plan on 2 March 2026 and Full Council on 16 March 2026.

Given the high level of public interest in the Local Plan, the agenda for each meeting will include a 30-minute speaking item. To ensure fairness and allow a range of views to be heard, there will be 10 speaking slots of up to three minutes each.

Speakers may ask questions or make a statement.

Members of the public wishing to speak must register by midday on the working day before the meeting by emailing democraticservices@harborough.gov.uk.

Due to limited capacity in the public gallery, especially for Full Council, a live broadcast will be available on the ground floor of The Symington Building to provide additional viewing space. All meetings will be livestreamed, and members of the public are encouraged to watch the meeting online if they can.

 

Woodway Lane, Claybrooke Parva Injunction

Please be advised that a legally binding court order/injunction has been issued. You can review the linked documents, find full details and compliance requirements on our page by following the link below:

 

Renovation works at The Symington Building

The Symington Building, in Adam & Eve Street, Market Harborough, will remain open to the public as normal while a programme of renovation works is carried out, starting on Monday 9 June 2025.

For more information please visit:

 

Temporary closure of some EV Charging Points for upgrades

Five EV chargers at The Commons car park in Market Harborough are currently unavailable and will be upgraded with new chargers later this year. Thank you for your understanding - we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Alternative chargers are available in Market Harborough at Angel Street, Doddridge Road and St Mary’s West car park.

Newly installed 22kW electric vehicle chargers are now operational in Station Road, Lutterworth, Orchard Road, Broughton Astley, School Road, Kibworth, North Memorial Hall, Main Street, Tugby and Allerton Project Visitor Centre, Loddington.