Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Nottingham City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,988 approved · 334 refused · 84 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Nottingham City Council — Article4 Direction Areas: HMO · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0. Nottingham City Council. Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].
Nottingham City Council — Article4 Direction Areas: Historic Environment · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0. Nottingham City Council. Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
36 Appledore Avenue Nottingham NG8 2RW
Received 3 May 2016Cedars Hospital Foster Drive Nottingham
Received 14 Jun 201620 Victoria Street Nottingham NG1 2EX
Received 8 Aug 201620 Victoria Street Nottingham NG1 2EX
Received 8 Aug 201647 Mapperley Hall Drive Nottingham NG3 5EW
Received 29 Jul 2016Cedars Hospital Foster Drive Nottingham
Received 8 Aug 201612 Sycamore Rise Nottingham NG6 8ST
Received 12 Aug 2016124-126 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG1 3HL
Received 7 Sept 2016124-126 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG1 3HL
Received 7 Sept 2016Minerva House Spaniel Row Nottingham NG1 6BF
Received 12 Sept 2016D10 Building Boots Campus Thane Road Nottingham NG90 2PR
Received 20 Oct 201624 Dagmar Grove Nottingham NG3 4JE
Received 24 Nov 2016Communal Rooms Crossfield Court Crossfield Drive Nottingham
Received 6 Jan 2017Communal Rooms Kersall Court Nottingham
Received 6 Jan 2017Flat 1 Mia House 1 North Circus Street Nottingham NG1 5AE
Received 14 Feb 2017Site Of Colwick Service Station Daleside Road East Nottingham
Received 30 May 201770 Lucknow Avenue Nottingham NG3 5BB
Received 9 Jun 201746 Albury Drive Nottingham NG8 5QR
Received 21 Jul 2017Nottingham Academy Greenwood Road Nottingham NG3 7EB
Received 8 Aug 2017Allotments Rear Of 108 To 150 Russell Drive Nottingham
Received 11 Sept 2017Allotments Rear Of 108 To 150 Russell Drive Nottingham
Received 9 Oct 201722 Richmond Drive Nottingham NG3 5EL
Received 13 Dec 2017129 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG1 3FQ
Received 10 Jan 201851 Basford Road Nottingham NG6 0JG
Received 4 Apr 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Nottingham City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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