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Economic Development Strategy
Given the previous Strategy expired at the end of 2023, a new Strategy requires preparation to guide the Council and its partners' success. This document summarises the ongoing exercise to draft that replacement.
It proposes a 2024-31 Economic Development Strategy (EDS). The EDS identifies the significant challenges and opportunities with strong economic dimensions that Harborough District faces and how the Council and its partners will address these. It will run alongside the remaining period of the Harborough Local Plan (2011-31) to better align spatial and economic strategies.
The drafted Economic Development Strategy is now open for consultation between 6 May 2024 and 10 June 2024. The intention is to feed in the results of this consultation so that Harborough District Council can adopt a final EDS in the summer and launch it thereafter.
The Economic Developoment Strategy Evidence Review and Issues Paper can be found here.
Comments on the draft Economic Development Strategy can be made here.