Brownfield land in Harborough: 32 sites on the register
Part of development land in Leicestershire — 375 sites across 8 councils.
Harborough District Council has published 32 brownfield sites in Harborough on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 13.8 hectares with an estimated capacity of 511 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Harborough register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self Unlimited East Midlands Region, Melton Road, Shangton | 2.90 | 26 | permissioned |
| Old Station Yard, Rockingham Road, Great Easton | 0.96 | 28 | not yet |
| Midland Handling Equipment Ltd., Stretton Road, Great Glen | 0.75 | 8 | not yet |
| Land at Fishers Farm, Main Street, Foxton | 0.75 | 11 | permissioned |
| Former railway station, Station Street, Kibworth Beauchamp | 0.63 | 26 | permissioned |
| 7 - 35 Knights Close, Billesdon | 0.57 | 18 | permissioned |
| Rear of 2 High Street, Great Easton | 0.52 | 11 | not yet |
| Ambulance Station, Leicester Road, Market Harborough | 0.52 | 42 | permissioned |
Source: Harborough District Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 3 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. 2 of the 32 sites (6%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 30 that do — the real total is higher.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Harborough register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 511 is what the council thinks Harborough’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Harborough
- Development land in Harborough
- How much brownfield land is there in Harborough?
- Where can I build houses in Harborough?
- Harborough land availability assessment
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