Planning policy background documents
In addition to local plan making and monitoring, there are various planning policy activities and areas of strategic work and related documentation outlined below which, you may find useful. If you cannot find what you are looking for, feel free to contact the team by emailing planningpolicy@harborough.gov.uk.
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The Local Plan is the Council's principal planning policy document and sets out the vision, objectives, spatial strategy and planning policies for the entire District area, for the period up to 2031. The Local Plan replaces the Council's Core Strategy 2006-2028 and Saved Policies from the previous 2001 Local Plan. |
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The Community Right to Bid allows community groups and parish councils to nominate buildings or land for listing (protection) as an asset of community value.This means that if it ever goes up for sale, you can ‘stop the clock’ for up to 6 months, giving you the opportunity to get together with your neighbours and raise the finances to bid to buy it. |
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The Bitteswell Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan outlines the special architectural and historical characteristics unique to Bitteswell that give rise to its designation as a Conservation Area. This will help Harborough District Council to ensure that the character and appearance of the Bitteswell Conservation Area can be preserved or enhanced via the local planning process. |
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The Brownfield Land Registers provides consistent information on sites that local authorities consider to be appropriate for residential development having regard to the criteria set out in regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017. Registers are in two parts, Part 1 comprises all brownfield sites appropriate for residential development and Part 2 identifies those sites which have been granted permission in principle by the Council. |
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The Community Right to Bid allows community groups and parish councils to nominate buildings or land for listing (protection) as an asset of community value.This means that if it ever goes up for sale, you can ‘stop the clock’ for up to 6 months, giving you the opportunity to get together with your neighbours and raise the finances to bid to buy it. |
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The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Regulations came into force on 1 September 2019. Under the regulations, Infrastructure Funding Statements (IFS) replace CIL Regulation 123 Lists as the mechanism through which infrastructure projects are identified. The Government has introduced a requirement for councils to prepare an Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) which is to be published by 31 December 2019 and thereafter, at least annually. The IFS provides a summary of all financial and non-financial developer contributions relating to S106s within the District and includes a statement of infrastructure projects that the Council intends to, wholly or be partly funded by planning obligations. |
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The Local List of Non-Designated Heritage Assets is a list of heritage assets within the Harborough district that the Council has identified as worthy of protection because of their historic, architectural or archaeological interest. The entries currently detailed in this document are merely a snapshot in time. This is not an exhaustive list as other non-designated heritage assets are listed in individual Neighbourhood Plans or are included on the Leicestershire and Rutland Historic Environment Record. At present this list does not cover all asset types or all parishes within the district. This is an evolving list to which nominations are welcomed. Details of the nomination and selection processes are included. |
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The Planning Obligations SPD was adopted on 20 June 2022. It provides detailed guidance on a policies in the Local Plan and has replaced the January 2017 Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). The adopted SPD is supported by a Monitoring Fee Paper and a Schedule of Charges The Planning Obligations SPD reflects changes to adopted policies, notably:
Consultation on the SPD was undertaken between 11 December 2020 and 5 February 2021 with a further re-consultation undertaken between 5 November 2021 to Friday 17 December 2021. The Consultation Statement sets out how responses received influenced the document. |
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The Council has a legal duty under the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 and the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to keep a register of individuals and associations who wish to acquire serviced plots of land within the District to bring forward self-build and custom housebuilding projects. ‘Self-build and custom housebuilding’ is defined by legislation as the building or completion, by individuals, associations or persons working with (or for) individuals or associations, of houses to be occupied as homes by those individuals. ( Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016 ) The Register provides the Council with valuable information on demand locally for self-build and custom housebuilding and forms a key part of the Council’s evidence base for this type of housing. Entry on the Register does not guarantee that a suitable plot of land will be identified or become available. As of the 1st April 2024, a fee has been introduced to join the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register. The fee is £94 payable every 3 years that you wish to remain on the register. |
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The Shearsby Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan outlines the special architectural and historical characteristics unique to Shearsby that give rise to its designation as a Conservation Area. This will help Harborough District Council to ensure that the character and appearance of the Shearsby Conservation Area can be preserved or enhanced via the local planning process. |