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.
4,730 approved · 380 refused · 104 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Bakerdale Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 7GJ
Received 23 Feb 202615 Grangewood Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2SJ
Received 23 Feb 2026214-216 Flat 1 Mansfield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2BU
Received 23 Feb 2026New Castle House Castle Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1FT
Received 23 Feb 2026111 Brownlow Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5BB
Received 23 Feb 2026River Leen Between Rear Of 140 And Highbury Road Main Street Nottingham
Received 24 Feb 202661 Melbury Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 4AX
Received 24 Feb 20262 - 4 Chapel Bar Nottingham NG1 6JQ
Received 25 Feb 202693 Middleton Boulevard Nottingham NG8 1FW
Received 13 Feb 202611 Cedar Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2AS
Received 25 Feb 202654 Aspley Park Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 3EG
Received 25 Feb 202624 The Crescent Nottingham NG3 4JB
Received 12 Feb 20268 Holgate Nottingham NG11 8NH
Received 13 Feb 2026St Stephens Church Dale Street Nottingham NG2 4LE
Received 23 Feb 202676 Cyprus Road Nottingham NG3 5ED
Received 24 Feb 2026Hansen House, 1 Collin Street, Nottingham
Received 2 Feb 202662 Church Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 2BA
Received 25 Feb 202613 Ainsdale Crescent Nottingham NG8 6DY
Received 26 Feb 2026Nottingham Tennis Centre University Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2QH
Received 26 Feb 20264-6 Broad Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 3AL
Received 26 Feb 202613 Ainsdale Crescent Nottingham NG8 6DY
Received 26 Feb 2026203 Ilkeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3FW
Received 26 Feb 2026Shell For 2A 2B 3A 3B And 3C Mount Hooton Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4JF
Received 26 Feb 2026Shell For 2A 2B 3A 3B And 3C Mount Hooton Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4JF
Received 26 Feb 2026Records 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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