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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.
4,194 approved · 352 refused · 89 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Frontage, Unit 2 Queen Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2BL
Received 1 May 2024The Frontage, Unit 2 Queen Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2BL
Received 1 May 202459 Wheatacre Road Nottingham NG11 8LL
Received 1 May 2024105 Alfreton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3JL
Received 1 May 2024Site Of Units 1 To 4 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 1 May 20242 Bosworth Walk Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 1PB
Received 2 May 2024University Hospital NHS Trust Queens Medical Centre Leen Gate Nottingham
Received 2 May 202445 Cheltenham Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 0ES
Received 2 May 202417 Bridlesmith Gate Nottingham NG1 2GR
Received 2 May 202439 Oakdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7EL
Received 2 May 202443-51 Cherry Orchard Mount Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5TQ
Received 2 May 2024Inland Revenue, Amenity Block Castle Meadow Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 1AB
Received 2 May 2024Site Of Units 1 To 4 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 2 May 2024Site Of Units 1 To 4 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 2 May 20247 Mount Hooton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4AY
Received 2 May 2024Site Of Units 1 To 4 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 2 May 2024Site Of Units 1 To 4 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 2 May 2024St Matthew On The Hill Church Padstow Road Nottingham
Received 3 May 2024Site Of Bath Place And 1 Brook Street Nottingham
Received 3 May 202427 Sherwood Rise Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6JD
Received 3 May 202438 Sneinton Hollows Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4AA
Received 3 May 202423-25 Carlton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 2DG
Received 3 May 2024Diamond Plaza Daleside Road Nottingham NG2 3GG
Received 3 May 20248A King Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2AS
Received 3 May 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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