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Rutland County Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rutland County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates11,524Searchable applications
266Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 10,621 approved or refused records
821Refused applications
9,800 approved · 821 refused · 471 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1987 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Preliminary enquiry adviceLocal plan The local planConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@rutland.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiries01572722577Council source
- General council enquiriesenquiries@rutland.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas34 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided2024/1175/ADV
Rigid signage advertising a nearby development of new residential properties.
Land North East Of Hooby Lane Stretton Rutland
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1176/FUL
Replace 24 no. timber windows and 2 no. timber french doors.
Waterside Cottage 11 Water Lane Ashwell Rutland LE15 7LS
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1177/CAT
1 x mature Ash tree - decrease overall height by 10 metres. 1 x mature Yew Tree - reduce the Yew tree by 4 metres (height).
Clatterpot House 4 Clatterpot Lane Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DW
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1178/CAT
Large Ash, showing signs of Ash Die Back. Full crown reduction, removing approx (4/5m). Remove all deadwood. Re-balance and shape the crown.
Stone Lodge 21 Main Street Seaton Rutland LE15 9HU
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1181/FUL
Change of Use & renovation of existing building to a residential dwelling with associated parking and landscaping. Demolition of modern outbuilding.
Unit 1 16 Church Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6AA
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1182/LBA
Change of Use & renovation of existing building to a residential dwelling with associated parking and landscaping. Demolition of modern outbuilding.
Unit 1 16 Church Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6AA
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1183/FUL
Proposed rear and side extensions including internal reconfiguration alterations to existing bungalow.
6 Poplar Close Uppingham Rutland LE15 9RQ
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1184/CAT
T1 - Remove Norway Maple tree to just above ground level. T2 - T4 - Reduce height of 3 No. Bird Cherry tree by 2.5m and reduce lateral branches by 1.5m to balance shape.
Fern Cottage 43 Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LR
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1185/CAT
T1 - Reduce branches of Walnut tree to give 0.5m clearance from BT lines. T2 - Reduce height of Bird Cherry by 3m and shape crown. T3 - Reduce Crab Apple to 3m (back to previous reduction height). T4 & T5 - Reduce height of 2 No. Maple trees to 4m and reduce spread by 1.5m
Manor House 22 Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LT
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1186/CAT
T1 - Horse Chestnut tree - Reduce secondary growth of northern stem by 2.5 - the tree has a historic wound from an old limb failure at the base of this northern stem - some of the timber around this wound is pulpy indicating the development of decay here, on a stem that overhangs the garden.
Sycamore House 1 Bellfield South Luffenham Rutland LE15 8ND
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Registered2024/1187/CAT
T1 - Raise crown of Beech tree to 4m. T2 - Remove 2 lowest branches of Birch tree. T3 - Remove Sycamore tree to just above ground level.
The Wilderness 50 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PS
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1188/CAT
T6 - Reduce spread of Hornbeam overhanging garden of no. 24 by 1.5m
24 Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LT
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1189/FUL
Single storey rear extension.
18 Parkfield Road Ryhall Rutland PE9 4ER
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1191/AGP
Construction of an agricultural steel portal building.
S.Alexander Plant & Groundworks Green Lane Farm Newstead Road Belmesthorpe Rutland PE9 4JJ
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1192/FUL
Single storey rear lean to extension and demolition of the existing outbuilding.
3 Teigh Road Ashwell Rutland LE15 7LR
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1193/FUL
Re-roofing of property using salvaged Collyweston slates from the front and rear roofslopes for the front roofslope and reproduction Collyweston slate roof for the rear roofslope
6 Norton Street Uppingham Rutland LE15 9QN
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1194/CAT
Remove (TX) 1 no. Leylandii (multi-stemmed to one form).
16 Mill Lane Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DL
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1195/CAT
(T1) 1 no. Willow repollard to previous points.
Elderberry Cottage Orchard Close Egleton Rutland LE15 8AG
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1196/CAT
(T1) 1 no. Robinia crown raise to 4m, cut back off the house to give 2m clearance, also cut back off next door to give a good clearance, no more than a 1.5m reduction. (T2) Road side 1 no. Ash to have lower branch reduced in to up right growth point on boundary and split branches over the road removed. (T3) 1 no. Cherry to be reduced garden side by 2m to allow smaller cherry more light.
20 Orchard Close Egleton Rutland LE15 8AG
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1197/CAT
Remove 1 no. Cypress Tree from bottom of Manor Farm garden.
Manor Farm 1 Little Lane Greetham Rutland LE15 7NQ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1198/PTA
(T93) 1 no. Ash - To raise the crown over 49 the Park to give 3-4 meters clearance of roof to prevent further damage.
Ranksborough Hall Ranksborough Drive Langham Rutland LE15 7EH
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1199/CAT
(T1) 1 no. Apple Tree - Fell.
Appletree Cottage 89 Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LS
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1200/CAT
(G1) Group of fruit trees - prune water shoots and new growth of crown by no more than 1 meter. (T1) 1 no. Apple Tree - prune water shoots and new growth of crown by no more than 1 meter. (T2) 1 no. Cherry Tree - reduce crown by no more than 1.5 meters(T3) 1 no. Oak -remove leader and shape crown my removing no more than 1.5 meters. (G2) Group of Willows - crown raise to 2 meters.
Russet House 73 Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LS
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided2024/1201/FUL
Change of use of agricultural land to garden land.
6 Station Road Whissendine Rutland LE15 7HG
Received 21 Oct 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Rutland County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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