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.
3,994 approved · 334 refused · 84 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 King Street Nottingham NG1 2AS
Received 23 Apr 201825 The Wells Road Nottingham NG3 3AP
Received 25 Apr 2018Former Coach Station Park Lane Nottingham
Received 14 May 201823 Russell Crescent Nottingham NG8 2BQ
Received 14 May 2018Land North East Of 1 Toton Close Nottingham
Received 10 May 201820 Chalfont Drive Nottingham NG8 3LT
Received 15 May 201825 Newcastle Drive Nottingham NG7 1AA
Received 29 May 2018Sutton Place 49 Stoney Street Nottingham NG1 1LX
Received 29 May 2018Shell For Southglade Convenience Store And Notts Cars Southglade Road Nottingham NG5 5GF
Received 21 Jun 201832 Turney Street Nottingham NG2 2LG
Received 28 Jun 20187 Lucknow Court Nottingham NG3 5EG
Received 13 Jul 2018Outside Tesco 3 Station Street Nottingham NG2 3AQ
Received 22 Aug 201847 Mapperley Hall Drive Nottingham NG3 5EW
Received 13 Sept 201821 - 23 Wheeler Gate Nottingham NG1 2NA
Received 13 Sept 201831 Forman Street Nottingham NG1 4AA
Received 25 Oct 2018125 Bramcote Lane Nottingham NG8 2NJ
Received 10 Dec 201816 Low Pavement Nottingham NG1 7DL
Received 12 Dec 2018Provident Works Newdigate Street Nottingham NG7 4FD
Received 21 Dec 2018First Floor Flat 11 Alfreton Road Nottingham NG7 3JE
Received 15 Jan 201920 Lion Close Nottingham NG8 5ED
Received 15 Feb 20198-10 St James's Street Nottingham NG1 6FG
Received 5 Mar 20198-10 St James's Street Nottingham NG1 6FG
Received 13 Mar 2019154 Alfreton Road Nottingham NG7 3NS
Received 4 Jun 201931 Curzon Street And 24-34 St. Marks Street Nottingham NG3 1DE
Received 17 Jun 2019Records 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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