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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.
4,563 approved · 372 refused · 97 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Peveril Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4AL
Received 22 May 2025The Cornerhouse Burton Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4DB
Received 22 May 2025Thorneywood Education Base The Wells Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 3AA
Received 22 May 2025Stone Bridge Over The River Leen
Received 22 May 2025Stone Bridge Over The River Leen
Received 22 May 2025University Of Nottingham, Magnetic Resonance Centre University Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2RD
Received 22 May 2025King Edward Court King Edward Street Nottingham
Received 22 May 202542 Arleston Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2FZ
Received 23 May 202555 Ambleside Road Nottingham NG8 5QW
Received 23 May 2025The Litmus Building 195 Huntingdon Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3NT
Received 23 May 2025Duncan Macmillan House Porchester Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 6AA
Received 26 May 202523 Dale View Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7AJ
Received 26 May 202537 Orville Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1NE
Received 26 May 202518 Broadwood Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5QF
Received 26 May 2025119 Colwick Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4AN
Received 26 May 202546 Highbury Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 9DB
Received 26 May 202524 Wollaton Vale Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2NR
Received 27 May 202513 Lenton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1DQ
Received 27 May 202538-46 Goose Gate Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1FF
Received 27 May 2025548 Derby Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2GY
Received 27 May 2025Trent Basin And Surrounding Land Portside Street Nottingham
Received 20 May 2025Oxford Business College Nottingham Campus Carlton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 2NR
Received 28 May 2025Marco Island Huntingdon Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1AR
Received 28 May 20251 Hawton Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1BZ
Received 28 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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