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.
4,746 approved · 380 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waverley Building Waverley Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4HF
Received 31 Mar 2026263 Wollaton Vale Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2PX
Received 31 Mar 2026627 Western Boulevard Nottingham NG8 5GS
Received 31 Mar 2026595 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG5 2FW
Received 1 Apr 2026521-523 And Site Of Former 525-527 Woodborough Road Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 5FR
Received 26 Mar 2026Experian Sir John Peace Building, Experian Way, Nottingham, NG2 1EP
Received 27 Mar 2026Peveril House Peveril Drive Nottingham NG7 1DE
Received 2 Mar 202618 Barrack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1AN
Received 2 Apr 20269 Park Valley Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1BS
Received 2 Apr 202610 Barrack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1AN
Received 2 Apr 202612 Barrack Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1AN
Received 2 Apr 202619 Roland Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 7AN
Received 2 Apr 202655 Homefield Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5GH
Received 2 Apr 2026Site Of 9 Victoria Embankment Nottingham
Received 30 Mar 20264 Orston Green Nottingham NG8 1AH
Received 1 Apr 202686 Noel Street Nottingham NG7 6AU
Received 27 Mar 202692 Noel Street Nottingham NG7 6AU
Received 27 Mar 2026112 Noel Street Nottingham NG7 6AU
Received 27 Mar 202691 Burford Road Nottingham NG7 6BA
Received 27 Mar 202633 Gregory Boulevard Nottingham NG7 6BE
Received 27 Mar 202635 Gregory Boulevard Nottingham NG7 6BE
Received 27 Mar 202693 Burford Road Nottingham NG7 6BA
Received 27 Mar 2026389 Valley Road Nottingham NG5 1HP
Received 1 Apr 2026160 London Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 3BS
Received 8 Apr 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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