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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.
4,112 approved · 346 refused · 87 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
156 Russell Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2BE
Received 18 Dec 2023Site Of Allotments Rear Of 108 To 150 Russell Drive Nottingham
Received 19 Dec 2023Site Of Allotments Rear Of 108 To 150 Russell Drive Nottingham
Received 19 Dec 2023Site Of Allotments Rear Of 108 To 150 Russell Drive Nottingham
Received 19 Dec 2023Allotments Rear Of 108 To 150 Russell Drive Nottingham NG8 2BU
Received 19 Dec 2023Site Of Garage Block West Of 206 Cinderhill Road Occupation Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 8RD
Received 19 Dec 2023137, 139, 141 & 143 Cinderhill Road Nottingham NG6 8RE
Received 19 Dec 20233 Elstree Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3HQ
Received 19 Dec 202311-15 Manvers Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4PB
Received 19 Dec 2023122 - 132 North Sherwood Street Nottingham
Received 19 Dec 202340 And 42 Shakespeare Street Nottingham
Received 19 Dec 20232 Fairmead Close Nottingham NG3 3EQ
Received 7 Dec 2023664 Nuthall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6AQ
Received 20 Dec 2023Site Of Garages South Of 140 Birkin Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5GH
Received 20 Dec 2023122 - 132 North Sherwood Street Nottingham
Received 20 Dec 20234 Ryder Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 0BL
Received 20 Dec 2023Phoenix Centre Colliers Way Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6AL
Received 21 Dec 2023Colwick Hall Racecourse Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4BH
Received 21 Dec 2023322 Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2EF
Received 21 Dec 202323-25 Carlton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 2DG
Received 21 Dec 2023Site Of Units 1 To 4 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 21 Dec 2023664 Nuthall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6AQ
Received 21 Dec 20236 Castle Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1FB
Received 21 Dec 2023Howard House And Yorke House Inland Revenue Castle Meadow Road Nottingham NG2 1AB
Received 21 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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