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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.
4,125 approved · 347 refused · 87 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Brecon Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6DG
Received 17 Jan 2024701 Woodborough Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5QG
Received 17 Jan 2024203 Ilkeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3FW
Received 18 Jan 20246 Castleton Close Nottingham NG2 1PE
Received 18 Jan 2024Shell For 40 And 42 Shakespeare Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4FQ
Received 18 Jan 202411 Wye Gardens Nottingham NG7 5RX
Received 18 Jan 202414 Cavendish Crescent North Nottingham NG7 1BA
Received 18 Jan 2024311 Aspley Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5GA
Received 18 Jan 2024Site Of 135 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1EE
Received 18 Jan 2024245 Ilkeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3FX
Received 19 Jan 20246 Promenade Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 1HB
Received 19 Jan 202431 Birchover Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 4BS
Received 19 Jan 2024245 Ilkeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3FX
Received 19 Jan 2024198 Trowell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2DP
Received 19 Jan 202415 Pelham Crescent Nottingham
Received 19 Jan 20242 Borman Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 7AY
Received 22 Jan 202444 Oakford Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6BJ
Received 22 Jan 20246 Kenwood Court Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2EL
Received 22 Jan 202432 Russell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6HB
Received 22 Jan 202425 Larwood Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 3JD
Received 22 Jan 2024Nottingham Trent University, Bonington Building Dryden Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4GG
Received 22 Jan 2024105 Perry Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 3AD
Received 22 Jan 2024New Bridge Over Trent Trent Basin And Surrounding Land Portside Street Nottingham
Received 22 Jan 2024Land Northern Parcel Between Clifton Wood And Clifton Phase 4 Development Yew Tree Lane Nottingham
Received 23 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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