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News published September 2023

• Council’s Domestic Abuse Champion meets with deputy police and crime commissioner

  Published Thursday 28 September 2023

  In her role as Domestic Abuse Champion at Harborough District Council, Cllr Rose Forman has met with the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Rani Mahal.

• Ashton Rise log play area, Linden Homes – clarification in view of recent media coverage

  Published Tuesday 26 September 2023

  Following recent media coverage of a log play area at Ashton Rise, Market Harborough, the council wishes to clarify the following information about provision for play by the developer, Linden Homes.

• Market Harborough’s Christmas lights switch-on moves to a Saturday

  Published Tuesday 26 September 2023

  Market Harborough’s Christmas lights switch-on will take place on a Saturday this year to encourage a bigger footfall in the town centre.

• District council appoints new chief executive

  Published Monday 25 September 2023

  A new chief executive has been appointed by Harborough District Council.

• Council defers decision on signing to accept share of Leicester’s ‘unmet housing need’ and issues challenge to local MPs

  Published Tuesday 19 September 2023

  Harborough District Council has deferred a decision on the signing of an agreement to take on a share of new homes that Leicester City Council is unable to provide within its own boundaries.

• Heritage festival celebrates history and culture in Harborough district

  Published Monday 18 September 2023

  Some of Harborough district’s oldest and most fascinating buildings welcomed visitors through the doors for September’s Heritage Open Days festival 2023.

• Tilton on the Hill accelerates into the future with launch of Leicestershire’s first electric car club

  Published Monday 18 September 2023

  A new rural car club giving people the opportunity to hire electric pool vehicles has been established in Tilton on the Hill.

• Harborough Local Plan - Leicester and Leicestershire Statement of Common Ground relating to housing and employment land needs

  Published Monday 11 September 2023

  Media Statement issued in response to a press release from Neil O’Brien MP regarding a letter from the Housing Minister and a petition.

• Statement of Common Ground - Media Statement

  Published Thursday 7 September 2023

  The council is pleased that there is public interest in the items it is due to consider at its next meeting on 18 September 2023.

• Waterways and wellbeing activities offered to residents

  Published Thursday 7 September 2023

  People living in the Harborough district can enjoy paddleboarding, a wellbeing walk, or some canoeing as part of an ongoing council supported waterways and wellbeing social prescribing project.

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