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.
4,529 approved · 371 refused · 96 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
242 Greenwood Road Nottingham NG3 7FY
Received 17 Feb 2025158 Robins Wood Road Nottingham NG8 3LD
Received 17 Feb 202515 Richmond Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EL
Received 18 Feb 2025Site Of St Matthew On The Hill Church Padstow Road Nottingham
Received 18 Feb 202511 Martinmass Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2LN
Received 18 Feb 20258 Beauclerk Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 9BA
Received 18 Feb 2025167 Ilkeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3HF
Received 18 Feb 202597 Leslie Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6PQ
Received 18 Feb 202521 Crossman Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2HR
Received 18 Feb 2025503 Clifton Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 8NA
Received 19 Feb 202522 Victoria Crescent Nottingham NG5 4DA
Received 19 Feb 2025Pavement Outside The Litmus Building 195 Huntingdon Street Nottingham
Received 19 Feb 2025Pavement Outside The Litmus Building 195 Huntingdon Street Nottingham
Received 19 Feb 20251 Sycamore Place Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5BW
Received 19 Feb 2025292 Nottingham Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 7DG
Received 19 Feb 202519 Campbell Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5PB
Received 19 Feb 2025153 Parkside Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2NL
Received 19 Feb 2025Royal Standard House Standard Hill Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6FX
Received 19 Feb 2025Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Sutton Passeys Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1EA
Received 20 Feb 202555 Commercial Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 8HF
Received 20 Feb 202545 Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3FH
Received 20 Feb 202546 Derby Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1PF
Received 20 Feb 20257 Sherwood Rise Nottingham
Received 13 Feb 2025111 Hawton Crescent Nottingham NG8 1ED
Received 20 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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