New housing in Rutland County Council
We read Rutland County Council's planning register every day. We hold 12,671 of its planning applications going back to 2006, and 98 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 89% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below 95%, so it must publish an action plan to speed up delivery.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 89% (2025): action plan
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 12,671
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 38 | 11 |
| 2025 | 113 | 73 | 25 |
| 2024 | 94 | 60 | 22 |
| 2023 | 104 | 73 | 20 |
| 2022 | 111 | 80 | 17 |
| 2021 | 132 | 107 | 17 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Land At Ermine Fields Old Great North Road Little Casterton Rutland Cross Boundary application for outline planning (with all matters reserved except for access) for the erection of up to 250 residential dwellings, together with the provision of vehicular access from Old Great North… 2025/1694/MAO | Awaiting decision | 23 Dec 2025 |
| 136 | Land North Of Leicester Road Uppingham Rutland Reserved Matters Application for erection of 136 no. residential dwellings including details of layout, scale, appearance, landscaping and access (internal) in relation to approved Outline Permission 2019/0524/OUT. 2025/0270/MAR | Withdrawn | 7 Mar 2025 |
| 135 | Land To The South East Of Brooke Road Oakham Rutland Reserved Matters application for the erection of 135 dwellings (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to Outline Planning Permission 2025/0480/MAO. 2026/1004/MAR | Awaiting decision | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 125 | Land At Leicester Road Uppingham Rutland Construction of up to 125 dwellings with vehicular and pedestrian access from Leicester Road, open space, and all associated infrastructure. 2025/0472/MAO | Approved | 23 Apr 2025 |
| 110 | Land To The West Of Main Road Barleythorpe Rutland Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access for up to 110 dwellings and associated infrastructure on land to the west of Main Road, Oakham 2025/0846/MAO | Refused | 14 Jul 2025 |
| 92 | Land North Of Braunston Road Oakham Rutland Reserved matters application for details relating to external appearance, layout, scale and landscaping for the construction of 92 dwellings, pursuant to Outline Permission ref 2021/1124/MAO. 2024/0230/MAR | Approved | 21 Feb 2024 |
| 79 | Land Adjacent To Ayston Road Uppingham Rutland Residential development comprising 79 dwellings, landscaping, open space and associated infrastructure. 2025/0404/MAF | Awaiting decision | 10 Apr 2025 |
| 75 | Land Off Park Road Ketton Rutland PE9 3SL Reserved matters approval for the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping of 75 new dwellings, public open space and associated infrastructure. 2024/0649/MAR | Approved | 4 Jun 2024 |
| 73 | Land Off Stapleford Road Whissendine Rutland Outline planning application for the erection of a residential development (use class C3) of up to 73 dwellings including open space and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved except Access. 2026/0254/MAO | Awaiting decision | 5 Mar 2026 |
| 72 | Land To Rear Of Hilltop Drive And Redland Road Oakham Rutland Erection of 72 dwellings with associated vehicular access, parking, landscaping, surface water balancing and public open space. 2024/0488/MAF | Refused | 9 May 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Rutland County Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.