Consultations

Following the Cabinet decision of 11 October 2021, the Council is re-consulting on the Planning Obligations SPD.

The Planning Obligations SPD informs developers, landowners, infrastructure providers, stakeholders/partners and local communities about the approach Harborough District Council will take to secure community infrastructure and affordable housing, through planning obligations associated with development consent. The SPD reflects the adopted Harborough District Local Plan 2011-2031 and considers current Government legislation, regulations, policies, and guidance.

Previously subject to an eight-week public and stakeholder consultation between 11 December 2020 and 5 February 2021; some amendments have been made in response to the representations received by the Council, and to changes in government policy. The scale and scope of all the revisions and changes to the SPD are significant enough to justify a re-consultation of the SPD.

The main amendments include: 

• additional references to Local Plan policies
• the Government’s proposals on First Homes (discounted market sale housing)
• a calculation to recover the Council’s costs of monitoring developer contributions
• information on contributions towards waste and recycling facilities

The re-consultation will be open for comment for six weeks, from Friday 5 November 2021 to Friday 17 December 2021. Representations will be accepted via Harborough District Council’s Strategic Planning Consultation Portal. Comments will be carefully considered in preparing the final document for consideration and adoption by Harborough District Council.

The consultation document and supporting appendices are also available to read as standalone files:

• Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document, re-consultation draft
• Errata – Report 6 Appendix A – Planning Obligations SPD
• Appendix B – Schedule of Costs 2021-22
• Appendix C - Planning Obligations SPD 2020 Representations & Officer Responses
• Appendix D – Monitoring Fees Evidence Paper

View the consultation document in full, from Friday 5 November 2021, on Harborough District Council’s Strategic Planning Consultation Portal. Comments will be welcomed until 6pm on Friday 17 December 2021.