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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
21,027 approved · 2,036 refused · 1,181 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Saint Peters Barn Church Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PN
Received 23 Jan 201317 Main Street Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DH
Received 18 Jan 201319 Main Street Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DH
Received 18 Jan 20136 Church Street Langham Rutland LE15 7JE
Received 25 Jan 2013The Old Hall 1 Middle Street Wing Rutland LE15 8RZ
Received 24 Jan 2013The Old Rectory 1 Main Street Seaton Rutland LE15 9HU
Received 22 Jan 20138 Middle Street Wing Rutland LE15 8RZ
Received 22 Nov 201224 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PS
Received 16 Jan 2013The Falcon Hotel 7 High Street East Uppingham Rutland LE15 9PY
Received 16 Jan 201314 Bartles Hollow Ketton Rutland PE9 3SF
Received 16 Jan 2013Village Farmhouse 1 Main Street Bisbrooke Rutland LE15 9EP
Received 17 Jan 2013Colley Hill 113 Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LS
Received 16 Jan 201311 Church Street Belton In Rutland Rutland LE15 9JU
Received 16 Jan 20139 High Street Braunston In Rutland Rutland LE15 8QU
Received 15 Jan 2013Bryher House 1 Reeves Lane Wing Rutland LE15 8SD
Received 15 Jan 2013Catmose House Catmos Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6HP
Received 15 Jan 2013The Paddock Lyndon Road Hambleton Rutland LE15 8BG
Received 15 Jan 201336 Main Street Greetham Rutland LE15 7NL
Received 15 Jan 2013Fox And Hounds Inn 19 The Green Exton Rutland LE15 8AP
Received 15 Jan 2013The Old Vicarage Ketton Road Hambleton Rutland LE15 8TH
Received 14 Jan 201333 Balk Road Ryhall Rutland PE9 4HT
Received 14 Jan 2013Fire Station 33 South Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6HY
Received 14 Jan 20136 Spinney Lane Stretton Rutland LE15 7RB
Received 14 Jan 2013Fox And Hounds Inn 19 The Green Exton Rutland LE15 8AP
Received 14 Jan 2013Records 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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