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.
4,840 approved · 387 refused · 105 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2006 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To East Of 27 Elstree Drive Nottingham
Received 25 Sept 202671 Tenbury Crescent Nottingham NG8 5HU
Received 1 Oct 2026457-463 Alfreton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 5LX
Received 1 Oct 2026Hidden Spot Kyme Street Nottingham NG7 3GX
Received 2 Oct 2026Street Record Bridge Road Nottingham
Received 2 Oct 202697 Cyprus Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5ED
Received 2 Oct 20263 Rectory Gardens Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 2AR
Received 2 Oct 2026Site Of 565 And 567 Woodborough Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5GG
Received 2 Oct 20265 Flat 5 Private Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 4DD
Received 5 Oct 202627-29 Lister Gate Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 7DE
Received 5 Oct 202681 Landmere Gardens Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 3BG
Received 5 Oct 2026Playing Fields To South Located West Of Westbury School St Martins Road Nottingham
Received 5 Oct 2026Playing Fields To South Located West Of Westbury School St Martins Road Nottingham
Received 5 Oct 20262 Alexandra Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1AY
Received 6 Oct 2026Trent Barton Manvers Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG2 4PQ
Received 6 Oct 202610 Vivian Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG5 1AF
Received 7 Oct 202617 The Downs Nottingham Nottingham City NG11 7EJ
Received 7 Oct 202652 Alfreton Road Nottingham Nottingham City NG7 3NN
Received 8 Oct 2026Lanark House Lanark Close Nottingham Nottingham City NG8 1BQ
Received 8 Oct 2026City Segment Of Unit 1 Dabell Avenue Nottingham Nottingham City NG6 8WA
Received 9 Oct 202627 Friar Lane Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 6DA
Received 12 Oct 202610 Esher Grove Nottingham NG3 5DR
Received 1 Oct 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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