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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.
4,735 approved · 380 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ortzen Court Ortzen Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4BF
Received 9 Mar 20261 Rochester Walk Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 8LP
Received 9 Mar 2026294 Alfreton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5LU
Received 9 Mar 202626-28 Bridlesmith Gate Nottingham NG1 2GQ
Received 10 Mar 202671 Wilford Crescent East Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 2ED
Received 10 Mar 2026103 Wilford Crescent East Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 2ED
Received 10 Mar 202636 Elm Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 4GF
Received 10 Mar 20264 Private Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 4DB
Received 10 Mar 2026St Saviours Church Arkwright Walk Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 2JU
Received 10 Mar 2026341 Nuthall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5BU
Received 10 Mar 2026348 The Wells Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 3AA
Received 10 Mar 2026141 Bransdale Road Nottingham NG11 9HG
Received 5 Mar 202614 Cavendish Avenue Nottingham NG5 4DT
Received 11 Mar 202673 Wheatacre Road Nottingham NG11 8LL
Received 11 Mar 202620-22 Albert Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 7DA
Received 11 Mar 2026Friary Chambers Over 28 To 34 Friar Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6DQ
Received 11 Mar 202648 Fabis Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 8NZ
Received 11 Mar 2026D105 Building Boots Campus Thane Road Nottingham
Received 11 Mar 202643 Wimbourne Road Nottingham NG7 5PD
Received 5 Mar 2026Site Of Warehouse And Land To Rear Of 50 Main Street Nottingham
Received 12 Mar 2026Shell For 50A 50B And Flats At 50 Main Street Nottingham
Received 12 Mar 2026Pearl Assurance House 5 Friar Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6BT
Received 12 Mar 2026140 Beckley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 6GW
Received 12 Mar 2026477 Hucknall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1FW
Received 13 Mar 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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