diff --git a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Domain/ServiceBus/Models/ServiceBusOptions.cs b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Domain/ServiceBus/Models/ServiceBusOptions.cs
index f3c3b4785..157cbb95f 100644
--- a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Domain/ServiceBus/Models/ServiceBusOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Domain/ServiceBus/Models/ServiceBusOptions.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@ namespace Dfe.PlanTech.Domain.ServiceBus.Models;
 
 public record ServiceBusOptions
 {
-    public int MessagesPerBatch { get; init; } = 10;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Enables reading + processing of messages from the Service Bus
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool EnableQueueReading { get; init; } = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/ContentfulServiceBusProcessor.cs b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/ContentfulServiceBusProcessor.cs
index c1a3219c5..35701366a 100644
--- a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/ContentfulServiceBusProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/ContentfulServiceBusProcessor.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 using Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus;
 using Dfe.PlanTech.Application.Persistence.Commands;
 using Dfe.PlanTech.Domain.Persistence.Interfaces;
+using Dfe.PlanTech.Domain.ServiceBus.Models;
 using Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus.Results;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Azure;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus;
 
@@ -20,7 +22,8 @@ namespace Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus;
 public class ContentfulServiceBusProcessor(IAzureClientFactory<ServiceBusProcessor> processorFactory,
                                            IServiceBusResultProcessor resultProcessor,
                                            ILogger<ContentfulServiceBusProcessor> logger,
-                                           IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory) : BackgroundService
+                                           IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
+                                           IOptions<ServiceBusOptions> options) : BackgroundService
 {
     private readonly ServiceBusProcessor _processor = processorFactory.CreateClient("contentfulprocessor");
 
@@ -29,12 +32,17 @@ public class ContentfulServiceBusProcessor(IAzureClientFactory<ServiceBusProcess
     /// </summary>
     protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
     {
+        if (!options.Value.EnableQueueReading)
+        {
+            logger.LogInformation("{QueueReadingProperty} is set to disabling - not enabling processing queue reading", nameof(options.Value.EnableQueueReading));
+            return;
+        }
         _processor.ProcessMessageAsync += MessageHandler;
         _processor.ProcessErrorAsync += ErrorHandler;
 
         await _processor.StartProcessingAsync(stoppingToken);
 
-        stoppingToken.Register(async () => await StopProcessingAsync());
+        stoppingToken.Register(() => StopProcessingAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult());
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/DependencyInjection.cs b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/DependencyInjection.cs
index e9c13fa7a..c3838d311 100644
--- a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/DependencyInjection.cs
+++ b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus/DependencyInjection.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ private static IServiceCollection AddServiceBusServices(this IServiceCollection
         services.AddTransient<IQueueWriter, QueueWriter>();
         services.AddTransient<IWriteCmsWebhookToQueueCommand, WriteCmsWebhookToQueueCommand>();
 
-        services.AddSingleton(new ServiceBusOptions() { MessagesPerBatch = 10 });
+        services.Configure<ServiceBusOptions>(configuration.GetSection(nameof(ServiceBusOptions)));
         return services;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Web/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Web/appsettings.Development.json
index f95544f91..0ea7f52dd 100644
--- a/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Web/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/src/Dfe.PlanTech.Web/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@
     "GTM": {
         "Id": "GTM-MFLR9ZK",
         "SiteVerificationId": "rhK9PD6EMeai5M5a3qySWTZTxwZxyzUjU2fifZ_ezjs"
+    },
+    "ServiceBusOptions": {
+        "EnableQueueReading": true
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus.UnitTests/ContentfulServiceBusProcessorTests.cs b/tests/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus.UnitTests/ContentfulServiceBusProcessorTests.cs
index 4b030ac28..209327de4 100644
--- a/tests/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus.UnitTests/ContentfulServiceBusProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Dfe.PlanTech.Infrastructure.ServiceBus.UnitTests/ContentfulServiceBusProcessorTests.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Azure;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using NSubstitute;
 using NSubstitute.ExceptionExtensions;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public class ContentfulServiceBusProcessorTests
     private readonly ILogger<ContentfulServiceBusProcessor> _logger = Substitute.For<ILogger<ContentfulServiceBusProcessor>>();
     private readonly IWebhookToDbCommand _webhookToDbCommand = Substitute.For<IWebhookToDbCommand>();
     private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _serviceScopeFactory = Substitute.For<IServiceScopeFactory>();
+    private readonly IOptions<ServiceBusOptions> _options = Substitute.For<IOptions<ServiceBusOptions>>();
     private readonly IServiceBusResultProcessor _serviceBusResultProcessor;
     private readonly ContentfulServiceBusProcessor _contentfulServiceBusProcessor;
 
@@ -36,7 +38,19 @@ public ContentfulServiceBusProcessorTests()
 
         _serviceBusResultProcessor = Substitute.For<IServiceBusResultProcessor>();
         _processorFactory.CreateClient("contentfulprocessor").Returns(_serviceBusProcessor);
-        _contentfulServiceBusProcessor = new ContentfulServiceBusProcessor(_processorFactory, _serviceBusResultProcessor, _logger, _serviceScopeFactory);
+        _options.Value.Returns(new ServiceBusOptions() { EnableQueueReading = true });
+        _contentfulServiceBusProcessor = new ContentfulServiceBusProcessor(_processorFactory, _serviceBusResultProcessor, _logger, _serviceScopeFactory, _options);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task EnableQueueReading_Should_PreventQueueProcessing_When_False()
+    {
+        _options.Value.Returns(new ServiceBusOptions() { EnableQueueReading = false });
+        var contentfulServiceBusProcessor = new ContentfulServiceBusProcessor(_processorFactory, _serviceBusResultProcessor, _logger, _serviceScopeFactory, _options);
+
+        await contentfulServiceBusProcessor.InvokeNonPublicAsyncMethod("ExecuteAsync", [CancellationToken.None]);
+
+        Assert.Empty(_serviceBusProcessor.ReceivedCalls());
     }
 
     [Fact]