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.
4,035 approved · 336 refused · 85 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Danethorpe Vale Nottingham NG5 3DA
Received 1 Apr 20219 Leslie Road Nottingham NG7 6PD
Received 26 Apr 202148 Long Row Nottingham NG1 6JB
Received 27 Apr 2021Angelace House Holland Street Nottingham NG7 5DS
Received 5 May 2021Bromley House Angel Row Nottingham
Received 5 May 2021Bromley House Angel Row Nottingham NG1 6HL
Received 5 May 202113 Ena Avenue Nottingham NG2 4NA
Received 13 May 202115 Landmere Gardens Nottingham NG3 3BG
Received 17 Jun 2021Land At Poulton Drive And Trent Lane Trent Basin Nottingham
Received 12 May 2021Ribble Lodge Clare Valley Nottingham NG7 1BU
Received 5 Jul 2021Studio 1 Ground Floor 29 Stoney Street Nottingham NG1 1LP
Received 9 Jul 2021Traffic Island At Junction With Gregory Boulevard Sherwood Rise Nottingham
Received 9 Jul 2021Land North Of 3 Firmin Way And 101 Ruddington Lane Nottingham
Received 3 Aug 2021Land To West Of 69 Salisbury Street Nottingham
Received 13 Aug 202119 Waverley Street Nottingham NG7 4DX
Received 26 Aug 2021Site Of Banton House Meadow Lane Nottingham
Received 3 Sept 2021Retail Unit Corner Of Berridge And Leslie Roads Nottingham NG7 6HT
Received 13 Sept 202115 Barnston Road Nottingham NG2 4HW
Received 17 Sept 202124 Hamilton Drive Nottingham NG7 1DF
Received 22 Sept 2021Pavement Outside Cineworld Forman Street Nottingham
Received 13 Oct 202119 Waverley Street Nottingham NG7 4DX
Received 18 Oct 202180 Firbeck Road Nottingham NG8 2FB
Received 3 Nov 2021503 Alfreton Road Nottingham NG7 5NH
Received 4 Nov 202122 Wendling Gardens Nottingham NG5 5TD
Received 9 Nov 2021Records 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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