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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
18,091 approved · 1,685 refused · 974 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 The Leas Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DG
Received 4 Aug 201413 Walnut Close Stretton Rutland LE15 7QQ
Received 31 Jul 2014Vistabella High Street Ketton Rutland PE9 3TA
Received 30 Jul 201467 Main Street Whissendine Rutland LE15 7ES
Received 31 Jul 2014Land At Hortons Lane Whissendine Rutland
Received 30 Jul 2014The Cottage West Street Clipsham Rutland LE15 7SJ
Received 31 Jul 20144 Main Street Preston Rutland LE15 9NJ
Received 30 Jul 2014Willow Barn Lower Farm Close Empingham Rutland LE15 8RB
Received 31 Jul 2014The Old Church Mill Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6EA
Received 31 Jul 2014Rutland Garden Centre Ashwell Road Oakham Rutland LE15 7QN
Received 30 Jul 20147 Spinney Lane Stretton Rutland LE15 7RB
Received 29 Jul 201448 Well Street Langham Rutland LE15 7JS
Received 25 Jul 201415 Gunthorpe Close Oakham Rutland LE15 6FH
Received 25 Jul 2014Stable Cottage 7 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PR
Received 24 Jul 20149 St Andrew's Close Whissendine Rutland LE15 7HD
Received 25 Jul 2014Tesco Stores Ltd 94 South Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6BQ
Received 22 Jul 2014Ketton Sports And Community Centre Pit Lane Ketton Rutland PE9 3SZ
Received 22 Jul 2014Bridge House Mount Pleasant Morcott Rutland LE15 9DR
Received 22 Jul 201439 Mill Lane Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DL
Received 22 Jul 201439 Mill Lane Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DL
Received 22 Jul 2014The Forge 7 Stocks Hill Manton Rutland LE15 8SY
Received 16 Jul 2014Harborough Cottage 6 Stapleford Road Whissendine Rutland LE15 7HF
Received 22 Jul 20144 Main Street Preston Rutland LE15 9NJ
Received 22 Jul 2014Land Adjacent To 1 Water Lane Ashwell Rutland
Received 21 Jul 2014Records 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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