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.
4,622 approved · 376 refused · 100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Playground West Of 30 Princess Boulevard Nottingham
Received 6 Aug 20254 Burns Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4DR
Received 6 Aug 20256 Burns Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4DR
Received 6 Aug 2025Pavement O/s 153 Huntingdon Street Nottingham
Received 7 Aug 2025Pavement O/s 153 Huntingdon Street Nottingham
Received 7 Aug 20251 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 1AA
Received 7 Aug 20251 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 1AA
Received 7 Aug 2025King Edward Street Nottingham NG1 1EW
Received 7 Aug 2025King Edward Street Nottingham NG1 1EW
Received 7 Aug 2025Outside Waterfront House 35 Station Street Nottingham
Received 7 Aug 2025Outside Waterfront House 35 Station Street Nottingham
Received 7 Aug 2025Shell For Multi Storey Car Park And 11 To 17 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 7 Aug 2025Shell For Multi Storey Car Park And 11 To 17 Queens Road Nottingham
Received 7 Aug 202521 Flat 3 Barker Gate Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1JU
Received 7 Aug 2025115 Beeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2JQ
Received 7 Aug 202588-90 Friar Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6EB
Received 8 Aug 20258 Oundle Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1BN
Received 8 Aug 2025The Plough Inn 17 St Peters Street Nottingham NG7 3EN
Received 8 Aug 202552 Burlington Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2GS
Received 8 Aug 202522 Flat 3 Burns Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4DT
Received 8 Aug 202526 Flat 3 Burns Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4DT
Received 8 Aug 2025Castle Marina Retail Park Castle Bridge Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1GX
Received 8 Aug 2025The Old Rectory Wollaton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2AF
Received 8 Aug 2025152 Bramcote Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2QP
Received 8 Aug 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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