The new Local Plan

Local Plans are important documents that help to determine the outcome of planning applications and other planning decisions.

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About the Local Plan

The Local Plan process and what makes the Plan such an important document

Call for Sites (February 2022)

This stage in the Local Plan process is to identify a supply of land which may be suitable, available and achievable for future housing and economic development in Rutland

Issues and Options (June 2022)

Issues and Options is the first stage of public consultation on the new Local Plan

Preferred Options draft Local Plan Consultation (Regulation 18)

The Regulation 18 Preferred Options draft Local Plan in now closed, the consultation period ran for eight weeks from Monday 13 November 2023 to 4pm Monday 8 January 2024.

Finalising the Submission Draft Plan (Regulation 19)

Find out what happens at the Regulation 19 stage of developing the Local Plan

Submitting and adopting the Local Plan

How the final stage of developing the Local Plan works

Local development scheme for the new Local Plan

Documents that support our Local Plan, along with the timetable for reviewing the Plan

Local Plan evidence base

You can find all documents which form the evidence base for the preparation of Rutland's Local Plan on this page.

Local Plan FAQs

Find answers to our most frequently asked questions about the Local Plan process