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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.
4,769 approved · 382 refused · 104 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Crowthorne Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 5AP
Received 28 May 2026University Of Nottingham, Cripps Hall Main Building Lenton Hall Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2QW
Received 28 May 2026170 Harrington Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1JH
Received 28 May 202610 Church Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2FG
Received 28 May 20267 Church Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2FG
Received 28 May 2026124 Portland Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 4GP
Received 28 May 202615-17 Stoney Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1LP
Received 29 May 202675 Bullfinch Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 0NJ
Received 29 May 202644-46 Canal Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 7EH
Received 29 May 2026162 Allington Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1JX
Received 29 May 2026Havenwood Signs Old CWS Buildings Meadow Trading Estate Meadow Lane Nottingham NG2 3HQ
Received 29 May 20267 Dabell Avenue Nottingham NG6 8WA
Received 20 May 20267 Smedley Close Nottingham NG8 5BZ
Received 29 May 2026Trent Basin And Site Of Units 3 4 And 5 Poulton Drive And Surrounding Land Portside Street Nottingham
Received 22 May 2026222 Radford Boulevard Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5QG
Received 1 Jun 202674 Cyprus Road Nottingham NG3 5ED
Received 1 Jun 202625 Meriden Avenue Nottingham NG9 2TR
Received 1 Jun 2026100-104 Radford Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5FU
Received 1 Jun 202662 Lucknow Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EU
Received 1 Jun 202642-46 Parliament House, Ground Floor Upper Parliament Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 2AG
Received 1 Jun 202610 Lamorna Grove Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 7BS
Received 2 Jun 2026St Anns Play Centre Nugent Gardens Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 3NB
Received 2 Jun 2026Net Tram Depot Armstrong Way Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 7NW
Received 2 Jun 20264 Holly Avenue Thorneywood Nottingham NG3 2PA
Received 2 Jun 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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