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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Rutland County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Rutland website
14,296 approved · 1,237 refused · 770 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1987 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Old Rectory 1 Main Street Seaton Rutland LE15 9HU
Received 18 May 2016Gwash House Old Great North Road Great Casterton Rutland PE9 4AA
Received 26 May 201630 Main Street Greetham Rutland LE15 7NL
Received 12 May 2016The Sun Inn 25 Main Street Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DH
Received 20 May 201619 Main Street Greetham Rutland LE15 7NJ
Received 20 May 2016Holly Cottage Ketton Road Hambleton Rutland LE15 8TH
Received 25 May 2016Assisted Living Apartments Penn Street Oakham Rutland
Received 25 May 2016Thornhill 4 Tokyes Close Belton In Rutland Rutland LE15 9JP
Received 20 May 2016Headmasters House 12 Spring Back Way Uppingham Rutland LE15 9TT
Received 20 May 2016The Cottage 8 Church Lane Bisbrooke Rutland LE15 9EL
Received 24 May 201614 Chapel Lane Barrowden Rutland LE15 8EB
Received 24 May 2016The Long Barn Bull Brigg Lane Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BL
Received 24 May 2016The Long Barn Bull Brigg Lane Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BL
Received 24 May 20166 - 8 Chapel Lane Ketton Rutland PE9 3RF
Received 23 May 2016Manor House Main Street Clipsham Rutland LE15 7SH
Received 23 May 201636 Ashwell Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6QG
Received 23 Sept 2016Priests House Church Close Caldecott Rutland LE16 8RN
Received 13 Sept 2016Holy Trinity Church Main Street Teigh Rutland LE15 7RT
Received 12 Sept 2016Priests House Church Close Caldecott Rutland LE16 8RN
Received 12 Sept 201616 Geeston Road Ketton Rutland PE9 3RH
Received 21 Sept 201656 Harrier Close Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7BT
Received 22 Sept 2016The Old Rectory 4 New Road Belton In Rutland Rutland LE15 9LE
Received 21 Sept 2016Drakes Barn West Street Clipsham Rutland LE15 7SJ
Received 21 Sept 2016Barnsdale Lodge The Avenue Exton Rutland LE15 8AH
Received 21 Sept 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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