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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.
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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4,529 approved · 371 refused · 96 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
19 Lord Street Nottingham NG2 4QE
Received 31 Mar 2025Wollaton Park Wollaton Road Nottingham
Received 31 Mar 20258 Tidworth Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3FX
Received 31 Mar 2025Flat 19 Westbridge House 1 Holland Street Nottingham NG7 5DS
Received 31 Mar 202596 Elvaston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1JT
Received 31 Mar 202530 Woolpack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1GA
Received 31 Mar 202588-90 Friar Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6EB
Received 31 Mar 202519 Melbourne Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5HL
Received 1 Apr 202535 Manor House Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 7BR
Received 1 Apr 202597 Leslie Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6PQ
Received 1 Apr 202530 Woolpack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1GA
Received 1 Apr 20251 Elliott Durham Crescent Nottingham NG3 5LN
Received 1 Apr 202526 Meadow Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 3HZ
Received 1 Apr 2025105 Waterloo Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4AX
Received 1 Apr 2025103 Waterloo Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4AX
Received 1 Apr 2025Mansfield Court Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2BW
Received 1 Apr 2025159 Bulwell Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 0BS
Received 1 Apr 2025The Depot Winterton Rise Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5NR
Received 2 Apr 202513 Arlington Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EN
Received 2 Apr 2025210 Trowell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2DP
Received 2 Apr 202599 Allendale Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5RF
Received 2 Apr 2025Abbey Lodge Charles Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG9 2SY
Received 3 Apr 202551 Coleby Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2NF
Received 3 Apr 2025235 Trowell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2EP
Received 3 Apr 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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