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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.
4,054 approved · 340 refused · 86 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Canal Turn 1 The Great Northern Close Nottingham NG2 3JL
Received 21 Sept 202330 Bracknell Crescent Nottingham NG8 5FF
Received 21 Sept 2023Meridian Court Quorn Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1DT
Received 21 Sept 20236 Victoria Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2EW
Received 21 Sept 2023557 Aspley Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5RX
Received 21 Sept 2023Site Of Gala Club St Anns Well Road Nottingham
Received 22 Sept 2023Site Of Garages West Of 68 Belconnen Road Nottingham
Received 22 Sept 2023Parish Hall Polish Catholic Centre 2 Sherwood Rise Nottingham NG7 6JN
Received 22 Sept 202330 Prestwood Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3LY
Received 22 Sept 202332 Mapperley Hall Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EY
Received 22 Sept 20233 Potomac Mews Clumber Road East Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1LF
Received 22 Sept 202319 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DU
Received 22 Sept 202346 Aspley Park Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3EG
Received 25 Sept 202338 Park Terrace Nottingham NG1 5DN
Received 11 Sept 202311 Broughton Drive Nottingham NG8 1DW
Received 11 Sept 2023133 Hawton Crescent Nottingham NG8 1ED
Received 15 Sept 202351 Derby Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1PE
Received 25 Sept 2023341 Nuthall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5BU
Received 26 Sept 2023Unit 3 Power Park Thane Road Nottingham NG7 2AA
Received 26 Sept 2023116 Beechdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3AA
Received 26 Sept 202314 Ainsley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3PP
Received 26 Sept 2023168 Edwards Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 3HZ
Received 26 Sept 202330 Hall Street Nottingham NG5 4AS
Received 26 Sept 2023Site Of Garages West Of 68 Belconnen Road Nottingham
Received 26 Sept 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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