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.
4,331 approved · 357 refused · 90 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Upper Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6LA
Received 2 Aug 2024Southglade Primary School Beckhampton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5NE
Received 5 Aug 2024523 Alfreton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5NJ
Received 5 Aug 20242A Elm Bank Drive Nottingham NG3 5AL
Received 5 Aug 20241 Ashbourne Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1NN
Received 5 Aug 202424 Blundell Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 3BW
Received 5 Aug 20245 Previn Gardens Nottingham NG3 2HR
Received 5 Aug 20241 Royal Standard Place Nottingham
Received 5 Aug 2024136 The Downs Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 7FF
Received 5 Aug 202487 Wigman Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 4PA
Received 5 Aug 20249 Oakford Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6BJ
Received 5 Aug 2024147 Parkside Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2NL
Received 5 Aug 202436 Teversal Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1PX
Received 6 Aug 20247 Claytons Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2PF
Received 6 Aug 2024Former Nottingham Central Library Nottingham NG1 6HL
Received 6 Aug 2024British Waterways Building Castle Wharf Nottingham
Received 31 Jul 20244 Tavistock Drive Nottingham NG3 5DW
Received 31 Jul 202413 Villa Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 4GG
Received 6 Aug 2024All Saints Church Raleigh Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4DL
Received 7 Aug 202483 Monsall Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 7GY
Received 7 Aug 202412 Ekowe Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 7GS
Received 7 Aug 202425 St Christopher Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4FG
Received 7 Aug 202427 Watkin Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 1DL
Received 7 Aug 202429 Goodliffe Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6FZ
Received 7 Aug 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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