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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
28,062 approved · 2,782 refused · 1,700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Sept 1977 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
School Cottage Empingham Road Tickencote Rutland PE9 4AE
Received 18 Oct 200638A Melton Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6AY
Received 18 Oct 20069 Greenfield Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6PX
Received 17 Oct 20066 Sand Furrows Ketton Rutland PE9 3SS
Received 17 Oct 2006Northfield 26 Priory Road Manton Rutland LE15 8ST
Received 17 Oct 2006Northfield 26 Priory Road Manton Rutland LE15 8ST
Received 17 Oct 2006Hall Farm 6 Main Street Ayston Rutland LE15 9AE
Received 17 Oct 20065 Main Street Ayston Rutland LE15 9AE
Received 17 Oct 20069 Back Lane South Luffenham Rutland LE15 8NQ
Received 12 Oct 20069 Back Lane South Luffenham Rutland LE15 8NQ
Received 12 Oct 20066B Main Street Lyddington Rutland LE15 9LT
Received 13 Oct 200615 Peterborough Avenue Oakham Rutland LE15 6EB
Received 13 Oct 2006Cherry Tree House 62 Ashwell Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6QQ
Received 16 Oct 2006The Olive Branch Main Street Clipsham Rutland LE15 7SH
Received 16 Oct 2006The Lilacs 23 Harewood Close Langham Rutland LE15 7JZ
Received 16 Oct 2006Ambleside 1 Station Road Ketton Rutland PE9 3RQ
Received 16 Oct 2006The Old Rectory Main Street Tinwell Rutland PE9 3UD
Received 16 Oct 200621 The Leas Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DG
Received 12 Oct 2006Ketton House Aldgate Ketton Rutland PE9 3TD
Received 12 Oct 2006The Old Grain Store Main Street Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BW
Received 11 Oct 200632 Northwick Road Ketton Rutland PE9 3SD
Received 11 Oct 2006Greetham Valley Golf Club Wood Lane Greetham Rutland LE15 7SN
Received 12 Oct 20061 Station Road Essendine Rutland PE9 4LF
Received 12 Oct 200621 The Leas Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DG
Received 12 Oct 2006Records 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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