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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.
4,059 approved · 341 refused · 86 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
764 Woodborough Road Nottingham NG3 5QJ
Received 2 Oct 2023104-106 Upper Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6LF
Received 3 Oct 2023Varsity Rivergreen Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 8BD
Received 3 Oct 202311 Pelham Street Nottingham NG1 2EH
Received 3 Oct 202383 Rolleston Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1JU
Received 3 Oct 2023Land Behind 121 - 127 Ruddington Lane Nottingham NG11 7BY
Received 3 Oct 2023The Ghaleb Hine Hall, Flat 1 Ransom Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5PJ
Received 3 Oct 20239 Arbrook Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3PD
Received 3 Oct 20236 Clinton Terrace Derby Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1LY
Received 3 Oct 202339 Oakdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7EL
Received 3 Oct 2023Car Park Junction Of Cowan Street Bath Street Nottingham
Received 4 Oct 2023Coventry Court Coventry Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 8PR
Received 4 Oct 20239A Chestnut Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5AD
Received 4 Oct 2023180 Bramerton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 4NF
Received 4 Oct 2023Shell For 78 And Flat Over Radford Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5FT
Received 4 Oct 202341 Houseman Gardens Nottingham NG2 2HX
Received 4 Oct 2023170 Hucknall Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 8AJ
Received 4 Oct 2023Temporary Car Park London Road Canal Street Nottingham
Received 5 Oct 20231 Firth Way Nottingham NG6 8XF
Received 5 Oct 202337 Charles Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG9 2SH
Received 5 Oct 2023Springfield Retail Park Hucknall Lane Nottingham
Received 5 Oct 2023Thoresby Court Nottingham
Received 22 Sept 2023Redcliffe Gardens Nottingham
Received 21 Sept 202311 Harpenden Square Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6EY
Received 5 Oct 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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