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.
4,081 approved · 341 refused · 86 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Chapel At 16 Newstead Grove Nottingham
Received 27 Oct 202319 Lamartine Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 1GQ
Received 27 Oct 202339 Private Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 4DD
Received 27 Oct 2023Gateway House Beechdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3EZ
Received 27 Oct 202333 Pilcher Gate Nottingham
Received 27 Oct 202333 Pilcher Gate Nottingham
Received 27 Oct 202392 - 94 North Sherwood Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4EE
Received 27 Oct 202334 Wollaton Hall Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1AF
Received 30 Oct 2023Former Crosland Filters Site Glaisdale Drive East Nottingham
Received 30 Oct 2023Land North West Of 24 Church Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 9AD
Received 30 Oct 202317 Graham Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3HX
Received 30 Oct 2023Site Of 40 And 42 Shakespeare Street Nottingham
Received 30 Oct 2023Flat B 2 Cyprus Road Nottingham NG3 5EB
Received 30 Oct 20237 Cavendish Crescent North Nottingham NG7 1AY
Received 20 Oct 20233 Trowell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2EG
Received 31 Oct 2023Site Of 135 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1EE
Received 31 Oct 202386 Harlaxton Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1JB
Received 1 Nov 202370 Sherwood Vale Nottingham NG5 4EH
Received 1 Nov 2023Apartment 1 2 Short Hill Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1HY
Received 1 Nov 202331 Rosecroft Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 6EH
Received 1 Nov 202359 Lucknow Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5AZ
Received 1 Nov 202315 Bateman Gardens Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5GG
Received 1 Nov 2023154 Robins Wood Road Nottingham NG8 3LD
Received 30 Oct 20231 Brook Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1DY
Received 2 Nov 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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