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.
4,124 approved · 346 refused · 87 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Canal Between Carrington Street And Wilford Street Nottingham
Received 9 Jan 202428-30 Kopa House, Flat 5 Zulla Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5DB
Received 9 Jan 202427 Friar Lane Nottingham NG1 6DA
Received 9 Jan 202437-41 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3DB
Received 9 Jan 20246 Helvellyn Close Nottingham NG2 1LF
Received 9 Jan 202485 Eastdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7GX
Received 10 Jan 202423 Midland Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2FD
Received 10 Jan 20242 Cecil Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1GZ
Received 10 Jan 2024Bar Lane Industrial Park Bar Lane Nottingham
Received 10 Jan 202425 Stoney Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1LP
Received 10 Jan 20245 Freeston Drive Nottingham NG6 8UZ
Received 10 Jan 202419 Larkdale Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4FZ
Received 10 Jan 20241 Sycamore Place Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5BW
Received 10 Jan 2024The Plough Inn 17 St Peters Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3EN
Received 11 Jan 20241 Royal Standard Place Nottingham NG1 6FZ
Received 11 Jan 2024Garages Adjacent 118 Berridge Road Central Nottingham
Received 11 Jan 20245 Comery Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7AD
Received 11 Jan 202425 Sherwin Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2FJ
Received 11 Jan 2024241 Greenwood Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7FU
Received 11 Jan 202474 Lambourne Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1GR
Received 11 Jan 20246 Little Tennis Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4EL
Received 11 Jan 2024Diamond Plaza Daleside Road Nottingham
Received 11 Jan 2024208 Ruddington Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 7DQ
Received 12 Jan 202417 Holly Gardens Nottingham NG3 2PB
Received 12 Jan 2024Records 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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