diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/ApplicationContext.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/ApplicationContext.cs
index 1f39c1b9ee..6d4892e911 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/ApplicationContext.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/ApplicationContext.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
     	/// <summary>
     	/// Singleton accessor
     	/// </summary>
-    	public static ApplicationContext Current { get; set; }
+    	public static ApplicationContext Current { get; internal set; }
 
     	// IsReady is set to true by the boot manager once it has successfully booted
         // note - the original umbraco module checks on content.Instance in umbraco.dll
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PluginResolverExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PluginResolverExtensions.cs
index fbbf81c853..102172f15f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PluginResolverExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PluginResolverExtensions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.BusinessLogic.Utils;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web
 {
-    /// <summary>
+	/// <summary>
     /// Extension methods for the PluginResolver
     /// </summary>
     public static class PluginResolverExtensions
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/DocumentRequest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/DocumentRequest.cs
index 65844d84c8..bb51181849 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/DocumentRequest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/DocumentRequest.cs
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
             // the first successful lookup, if any, will set this.Node, and may also set this.Template
             // some lookups may implement caching
             Trace.TraceInformation("{0}Begin lookup", tracePrefix);
-            _environment.Lookups.Any(lookup => lookup.LookupDocument(this));
+        	var lookups = _environment.RouteLookups.GetLookups();
+			lookups.Any(lookup => lookup.LookupDocument(this));
             Trace.TraceInformation("{0}End lookup, {1}", tracePrefix, (this.HasNode ? "a document was found" : "no document was found"));
 
             // fixme - not handling umbracoRedirect
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RouteLookups.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RouteLookups.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e6671c9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RouteLookups.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Represents a collection of ILookups used for routing that are registered in the application
+	/// </summary>
+	internal class RouteLookups
+	{
+		private static readonly List<ILookup> Lookups = new List<ILookup>();
+		private static readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim Lock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim();
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Singleton accessor
+		/// </summary>
+		public static RouteLookups Current { get; internal set; }
+
+		internal RouteLookups(IEnumerable<ILookup> lookups)
+		{
+			Lookups.AddRange(SortByWeight(lookups));
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Returns all of the lookups
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public IEnumerable<ILookup> GetLookups()
+		{
+			return Lookups;
+		} 
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Removes an ILookup based on the specified Type
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+		public void RemoveLookup<T>()
+			where T : ILookup
+		{
+			using (new WriteLock(Lock))
+			{
+				Lookups.Remove(Lookups.SingleOrDefault(x => x is T));	
+			}			
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Adds a new lookup to the end of the list
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="lookup"></param>
+		public void AddLookup(ILookup lookup)
+		{			
+			if (CheckExists(lookup)) 
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("The lookup type " + lookup.GetType() + " already exists in the lookup collection");
+
+			using (new WriteLock(Lock))
+			{
+				Lookups.Add(lookup);
+			}			
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Inserts a lookup at the specified index
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="index"></param>
+		/// <param name="lookup"></param>
+		public void InsertLookup(int index, ILookup lookup)
+		{
+			if (CheckExists(lookup))
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("The lookup type " + lookup.GetType() + " already exists in the lookup collection");
+			
+			using (new WriteLock(Lock))
+			{
+				Lookups.Insert(index, lookup);
+			}			
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// checks if a lookup already exists by type
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="lookup"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		private static bool CheckExists(ILookup lookup)
+		{
+			return Lookups.Any(x => x.GetType() == lookup.GetType());
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Sorts the ILookups in the list based on an attribute weight if one is specified
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="lookups"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		private static IEnumerable<ILookup> SortByWeight(IEnumerable<ILookup> lookups)
+		{
+			return lookups.OrderBy(x =>
+				{
+					var attribute = x.GetType().GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType<LookupWeightAttribute>().SingleOrDefault();
+					return attribute == null ? LookupWeightAttribute.DefaultWeight : attribute.Weight;
+				}).ToList();
+		}
+
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RoutingEnvironment.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RoutingEnvironment.cs
index 0affeb6799..0c5d770e86 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RoutingEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/RoutingEnvironment.cs
@@ -11,25 +11,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
     internal class RoutingEnvironment
     {
         public RoutingEnvironment(
-            IEnumerable<ILookup> lookups,
+            RouteLookups lookups,
             ILookupNotFound lookupNotFound,
             ContentStore contentStore)
         {
-            Lookups = SortByPartWeight(lookups);
+            RouteLookups = lookups;
             LookupNotFound = lookupNotFound;
             ContentStore = contentStore;
         }
 
-        private static IEnumerable<ILookup> SortByPartWeight(IEnumerable<ILookup> lookups)
-        {
-            return lookups.OrderBy(x =>
-                {
-                    var attribute = x.GetType().GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType<LookupWeightAttribute>().SingleOrDefault();
-                    return attribute == null ? LookupWeightAttribute.DefaultWeight : attribute.Weight;
-                }).ToList();
-        }
-
-    	public IEnumerable<ILookup> Lookups { get; private set; }
+		public RouteLookups RouteLookups { get; private set; }
 
     	public ILookupNotFound LookupNotFound { get; private set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index b3ec0b677e..3b5d82ee48 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Mvc\ControllerExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NiceUrlResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PluginResolverExtensions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Routing\RouteLookups.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\DocumentRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\ILookup.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\ILookupNotFound.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs
index 635d873bf5..5febadc78a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoApplication.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Web.Routing;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web
 {
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 					IsReady = true	// fixme
 				};
 
+			//create the route lookups singleton
+			RouteLookups.Current = new RouteLookups(ApplicationContext.Current.Plugins.ResolveLookups());
+
 			Trace.TraceInformation("AppDomain is initialized");
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs
index 1087e61fe3..bcd976c8d3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             var niceUrls = new NiceUrlResolver(contentStore, umbracoContext, RoutesCache.Current.GetProvider());
             //create the RoutingEnvironment (one per http request as it relies on the umbraco context!)
             var routingEnvironment = new RoutingEnvironment(
-                            ApplicationContext.Current.Plugins.ResolveLookups().ToArray(),
+							RouteLookups.Current,
                             new LookupFor404(contentStore),
                             contentStore);
             // create the new document request which will cleanup the uri once and for all