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.
4,610 approved · 375 refused · 99 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Kenslow Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5LD
Received 7 Jul 2025Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Sutton Passeys Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1EA
Received 7 Jul 202525 Sherwin Road Nottingham
Received 8 Jul 202531 Village Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 8NP
Received 8 Jul 202531 Woodthorpe Gardens Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 4ED
Received 8 Jul 202538 Shipley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6JE
Received 8 Jul 20251 Greyhound Street Nottingham NG1 2DP
Received 8 Jul 20251 Grimsby Terrace Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 1DN
Received 8 Jul 2025Flat Over 151 Andover Road Nottingham NG5 5FD
Received 8 Jul 202519 Oundle Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1BN
Received 8 Jul 202527 Meadow Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 3HZ
Received 8 Jul 20251 Oxford Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 5BH
Received 9 Jul 20251 Oxford Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 5BH
Received 9 Jul 2025Site Of 160 London Road Nottingham
Received 9 Jul 20251 Sycamore Rise Nottingham NG6 8ST
Received 9 Jul 202540-42 Isandula Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 7ES
Received 10 Jul 2025585-587 Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2FW
Received 10 Jul 202512 The Crescent Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 4JB
Received 10 Jul 2025Shell For 160 And 160A Russell Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2BE
Received 10 Jul 2025Flat 2 23 Arthur Street Nottingham NG7 4DW
Received 10 Jul 2025Flat 4 23 Arthur Street Nottingham NG7 4DW
Received 10 Jul 2025Northern Part Of Former British Gas Works Site Radford Road Nottingham
Received 11 Jul 2025145-147 Flat Over Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3FR
Received 11 Jul 2025Bus Shelter 657 Outside 18 Strelley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3AP
Received 11 Jul 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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