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.
4,100 approved · 344 refused · 86 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
190 Headway Bagnall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 8SF
Received 27 Nov 20232 Apartment 1 Short Hill Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1HY
Received 27 Nov 2023Aalco Nottingham Harrimans Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2SD
Received 28 Nov 20238 Gordon Rise Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5GB
Received 28 Nov 20234, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 22 And 23 Lord Street Nottingham NG2 4QE
Received 28 Nov 20236 Promenade Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 1HB
Received 28 Nov 2023Canal Turn 1 The Great Northern Close Nottingham NG2 3JL
Received 28 Nov 202330 Flat Over Wollaton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1FD
Received 28 Nov 2023275 Gladstone Street Nottingham NG7 6HX
Received 22 Nov 2023Lace Market Hotel 29 - 31 High Pavement Nottingham NG1 1HE
Received 23 Nov 202329 Hartington Road Nottingham NG5 2GU
Received 23 Nov 2023Wollaton Hall Wollaton Park Wollaton Road Nottingham NG8 2AE
Received 23 Nov 20232 Campbell Grove Nottingham NG3 1HA
Received 22 Nov 2023192 Ruddington Lane Nottingham NG11 7DP
Received 24 Nov 2023Diamond Plaza Daleside Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 3GG
Received 30 Nov 202322 Selston Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1DE
Received 30 Nov 202330 Hall Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 4AS
Received 30 Nov 20234 Castle Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1DN
Received 30 Nov 202398 Beckley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6GW
Received 30 Nov 2023Northern Part Of Former British Gas Works Site Radford Road Nottingham
Received 30 Nov 2023152 Bramcote Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2QP
Received 30 Nov 202335 Birrell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6LN
Received 1 Dec 20236 Devonshire Promenade Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2DS
Received 1 Dec 2023203 Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3FS
Received 1 Dec 2023Records 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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