Development Control deals primarily with the processing of planning applications, taking account of county policies and briefs, government guidance and the individual merits of each scheme, in order to control development in Rutland in the public interest.

We also provide pre-application advice and guidance. If this is required, please put your request in writing along with a plan of the development site.

If you need to meet with a member of the planning team, please make an appointment. As we are frequently out of the office conducting site visits, we are not usually available for meetings which have not been pre-arranged.

As some investigative work is usually required even prior to a meeting, you must write to us enclosing a plan showing the proposed site and a covering letter giving as much detail as you can about your proposal.

Development Control also handles enforcement and high hedge complaints, requests for copies of planning-related documentation and large format copying/scanning.