Neighbourhood planning referendums

The Uppingham Neighbourhood Plan referendum will place on Thursday 24 July 2025 for residents to decide on the question:

'Do you want Rutland County Council to use the neighbourhood plan for the Parish of Uppingham to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?'

The links to the relevant notices will be available to view below when published.

Download the Notice of Referendum

Find out more about the Neighbourhood Plan

To vote in this referendum, you must be registered to vote by no later than midnight on 8 July 2025.

Postal and postal proxy voting

To vote by post, we must have received your postal vote application by 5pm on 9 July 2025.

If your proxy wants to vote by post, you must have appointed them before they can apply to vote by post - make sure you leave enough time for this. The deadline for them to apply for a postal vote is 5pm on 9 July 2025.

Please note: they will need to contact the electoral services team using the details below for more details, and to request a further application form.

The first run of postal votes will be sent out on or around 24 June 2025 and for those applying for a postal vote after 17 June a second run of postal votes will be sent out on or around 11 July 2025.

You can also deliver your postal vote by hand to:

• our Catmose offices, any day between 9am and 4.30pm (4.15pm on Friday's) up until polling day (24 July 2025) but please note that there is now a form that must be completed when delivering postal vote(s) which is available on the customer services reception desk, if this form is not completed when delivering a postal vote the vote will be rejected.
• the polling station, on polling day until 10pm (24 July 2025) but please note that there is now a form that must be completed when delivering postal vote(s) which the Presiding Officer will hold, if this form is not completed when delivering a postal vote the vote will be rejected.

From 18 July 2025, you can email elections@rutland.gov.uk if your postal vote:

• is lost
• is damaged - you'll need to return your damaged postal vote and bring proof of your identity to collect the replacement
• has been stolen
• has not arrived

To cancel your postal vote, email elections@rutland.gov.uk or call our elections team on 01572 722 577 by 5pm on 9 July 2025. If you do not cancel your postal vote by this date, you will not be able to vote at your polling station.

Proxy voting

To vote by proxy, we must receive your application by 5pm on 16 July 2025.

Your proxy must attend your polling station to vote on your behalf unless they apply for a postal vote - see procedure above.

To change or cancel your proxy, you must do so in writing and provide a wet ink signature and your date of birth, then deliver to the elections office at Catmose, or scan a copy and email to: elections@rutland.gov.uk by 5pm on 9 July 2025.

Polling stations

Find your polling station

• Edith Weston Neighbourhood Plan - Declaration of Result
• Whissendine Neighbourhood Plan - Declaration of Result
• Wing Neighbourhood Plan - Declaration of Result
• North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan - Declaration of Result
• Ketton and Tinwell Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of Result
• Market Overton Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of Result
• Oakham and Barleythorpe Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of Result
• Barrowden and Wakerley Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of Result
• Greetham Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of Result
• Langham Neighbourhood Plan (2017) - Declaration of Result