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3,994 approved · 334 refused · 84 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Larwood Grove Nottingham NG5 3JD
Received 21 Jun 2019Site Of 31 Curzon Street Nottingham NG3 1DG
Received 23 Jul 2019127 Arnold Road Nottingham NG5 5HR
Received 31 Jul 2019Shell For 2 To 4 Brightmoor Street And 29 Goose Gate Nottingham
Received 4 Sept 2019Site Of 31 Curzon Street Nottingham NG3 1DG
Received 18 Sept 2019Depot East Of Trent Basin Trent Lane Nottingham
Received 18 Sept 2019Site Of Westbury Special School Lortas Road Nottingham
Received 24 Sept 201928 Southwark Street Nottingham NG6 0DA
Received 27 Sept 2019Salutation Inn Public House Hounds Gate Nottingham NG1 7AA
Received 18 Oct 2019Strelley Hall Main Street Strelley Village Nottingham NG8 6PB
Received 6 Nov 201931 Highcliffe Road Nottingham NG3 7DP
Received 15 Nov 201957 Exeter Road Nottingham NG7 6LP
Received 11 Dec 2019Flat 3 16 Waterloo Road Nottingham NG7 4AU
Received 17 Dec 2019100 - 102 Gregory Boulevard Nottingham NG7 5JE
Received 7 Jan 2020308-320 Westminster Hotel Mansfield Road Nottingham NG5 2EF
Received 6 Feb 20208 Derby Terrace Derby Road Nottingham
Received 4 Feb 20208 Derby Terrace Derby Road Nottingham
Received 4 Feb 2020Site Of Beechdale Swimming Centre Beechdale Road Nottingham NG8 3LL
Received 13 Feb 202043 - 55 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 3DB
Received 19 Mar 2020Site Of Beechdale Swimming Centre Beechdale Road Nottingham NG8 3LL
Received 26 May 202060 Nottingham Road Nottingham NG7 7AH
Received 13 Jul 202053 Main Street Nottingham NG6 8QF
Received 17 Jul 2020Avenue D And Avenue E Sneinton Market Nottingham
Received 20 Jul 2020Springfield House 180 Hucknall Lane Nottingham NG6 8AJ
Received 3 Aug 2020Records 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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