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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.
4,597 approved · 373 refused · 98 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Park Ravine Nottingham NG7 1DJ
Received 2 Jun 2025291 Wigman Road Nottingham NG8 4AJ
Received 30 May 2025118 Elford Rise Nottingham NG3 2BN
Received 2 Jun 2025St Leonards C Of E Church Wollaton Road Nottingham NG8 2AF
Received 2 Jun 2025467 Aspley Lane Nottingham NG8 5RU
Received 27 May 202512 Durham Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4LU
Received 5 Jun 20255 Lucknow Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EU
Received 5 Jun 202519 Lace Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2JT
Received 5 Jun 202512-14 Pelham Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1AP
Received 6 Jun 2025St Peters Court St Peters Street Nottingham NG7 3ES
Received 6 Jun 2025827 Western Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5FG
Received 6 Jun 2025University Of Nottingham Castle Meadow Campus, Howard House Castle Meadow Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 1AB
Received 6 Jun 2025University Of Nottingham Castle Meadow Campus, Howard House Castle Meadow Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 1AB
Received 6 Jun 202514 Barrack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1AN
Received 6 Jun 202516 Barrack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1AN
Received 6 Jun 202521 Hogarth Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 2GA
Received 6 Jun 2025143 Burford Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6AY
Received 6 Jun 202559 St Stephens Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4JR
Received 6 Jun 202517 Warwick Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2PJ
Received 6 Jun 2025The Loft 3 Plumptre Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1JL
Received 6 Jun 20253 Wheeler Gate Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2NA
Received 9 Jun 202530 Bracknell Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5FF
Received 9 Jun 202513 Eland Street Nottingham NG7 7DZ
Received 13 Jun 2025439 Beechdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3LF
Received 9 Jun 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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