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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4,529 approved · 371 refused · 96 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Merlin Land Rover Tottle Road Nottingham NG2 1RT
Received 25 Apr 2025Maltings Cave 59 Cliff Road Nottingham
Received 25 Apr 202510 Kings Walk Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2AE
Received 25 Apr 2025Sportsman Filling Station 310 - 330 Meadow Lane Nottingham NG2 3GL
Received 25 Apr 202534 St Stephens Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4JN
Received 25 Apr 2025188 - 192 Ilkeston Road Nottingham NG7 3HG
Received 28 Apr 20255 Carisbrooke Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5DS
Received 28 Apr 202510 Elm Bank Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5AJ
Received 28 Apr 202514 Longore Square Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1AP
Received 28 Apr 20253 Fairlawn Place Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 4DD
Received 28 Apr 2025Nottingham Wholesale And Trade Park, Unit 1 Clarke Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 3JJ
Received 28 Apr 2025St Judes Church And Church Hall Woodborough Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5HE
Received 28 Apr 20253 Beeches Rise Nottingham NG3 5GH
Received 18 Apr 202510 Park House Gates Nottingham NG3 5LX
Received 24 Apr 2025The Boots Co Plc Thane Road Nottingham NG2 3AA
Received 29 Apr 2025Unit 1 Power Park Thane Road Nottingham NG7 2AA
Received 29 Apr 202529 Unit 1 Church Street Old Basford Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 0GA
Received 30 Apr 2025106 St Stephens Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4JS
Received 30 Apr 202573 Middleton Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1FX
Received 30 Apr 2025Queens Medical Centre Derby Road Nottingham NG7 2UH
Received 30 Apr 2025450 Nottingham Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 0FU
Received 1 May 2025Site Of Forest Mill Alfreton Road Nottingham
Received 1 May 2025Playground West Of 30 Princess Boulevard, Plot 254, Land To South Of Nottingham Business Park, Woodhouse Way, Bus Shelter 1114 Opposite Holly Tree Farm, Chatterley Parkway Nottingham
Received 1 May 20258 Robin Hood Industrial Estate Alfred Street South Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 1GE
Received 1 May 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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