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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.
4,793 approved · 385 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 3 Aug 2026Akhter House 163 Castle Boulevard Nottingham NG7 1FJ
Received 31 Jul 202655 Talbot Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 5FL
Received 4 Aug 20267 Gedling Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 1DS
Received 4 Aug 2026Woodthorpe Grange Woodthorpe Drive Nottingham NG5 4HA
Received 10 Jul 202630 Larchdene Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2PF
Received 4 Aug 2026St Nicholas C Of E Church Castle Gate Nottingham NG1 7AR
Received 29 Jul 2026The Chestnuts Clare Valley Nottingham NG7 1BU
Received 1 Jul 2026477 Hucknall Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1FW
Received 4 Aug 2026Suite 6 The Futurist Valley Road Nottingham NG5 1JE
Received 4 Aug 2026Land South Of Station Street Station Street Nottingham
Received 5 Aug 2026Land South Of Station Street Station Street Nottingham
Received 5 Aug 2026117 Ilkeston Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3HE
Received 5 Aug 202622 Mapperley Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5AA
Received 5 Aug 202611 Deakins Place Nottingham NG7 3FT
Received 5 Aug 2026108 Hilcot Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 5HT
Received 5 Aug 202653, 54, 75, 131, 136, 143, 21 And 48 Ewart Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6HE
Received 5 Aug 202611 & 17 Bradgate Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6HJ
Received 5 Aug 202637 & 63 Exeter Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 6LP
Received 5 Aug 20267 Hinchin Brook Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 2EF
Received 5 Aug 202628 Gunn Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 7DY
Received 6 Aug 2026285 Trowell Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2FE
Received 6 Aug 2026Derby Hall University Of Nottingham Beeston Lane Nottingham NG7 2QT
Received 6 Aug 202621A Cavendish Crescent South Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 1ED
Received 6 Aug 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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