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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.
4,529 approved · 371 refused · 96 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bus Shelter 1061 Outside Railway Station Carrington Street Nottingham
Received 13 Feb 2025Bus Shelter 331 Opposite 109 Carrington Street Nottingham
Received 13 Feb 2025Bus Shelter 740 Outside Railway Station Carrington Street Nottingham
Received 13 Feb 2025Bus Shelter 5054 Outside 74 Upper Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6LF
Received 13 Feb 2025Bus Shelter 688 Outside 10 Upper Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2AD
Received 13 Feb 202520 Deepdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2FU
Received 13 Feb 202511 Flat 1 Newcastle Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1AA
Received 14 Feb 2025Clumber Court 5 Pelham Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1AJ
Received 14 Feb 2025Bus Shelter 684 Outside 41 - 43 Upper Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2BP
Received 14 Feb 2025Bus Shelter 517 Opposite 99 Carrington Street Nottingham
Received 14 Feb 202545 Westwood Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4FT
Received 14 Feb 202526 Rectory Gardens Nottingham NG8 2AR
Received 11 Feb 2025516 Arnold Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5HN
Received 14 Feb 202515 Chatsworth Avenue Nottingham NG7 7EW
Received 17 Feb 2025158 Robins Wood Road Nottingham NG8 3LD
Received 17 Feb 20254 Brindley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 4BX
Received 17 Feb 20255 Holroyd Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4LH
Received 17 Feb 202540 Compton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2NJ
Received 17 Feb 202557 Flewitt Gardens Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 2GP
Received 17 Feb 2025100 Parkside Nottingham NG8 2NN
Received 17 Feb 20252A Triumph Road Nottingham NG7 2GA
Received 17 Feb 2025Highfields Technology Centre Jesse Boot Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2RU
Received 17 Feb 20253 Clumber Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3ED
Received 17 Feb 202571 Cyprus Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5ED
Received 17 Feb 2025Records 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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