Planning decisions in Nottingham
As of 25 Jun 2026, covering the last 5 years.
On the public planning record, Nottingham approved 91% of 1,206 decided applications in the last 5 years. Here is the approval rate for the most common home-project types. It is useful before you apply and free for local reporters to cite with attribution to MyTrustedTraders.
Approval rate by project type
- Extension : 92% approved (306 decided, ~60 days)
- Rear extension : 95% approved (202 decided, ~60 days)
- Tree work : 96% approved (153 decided, ~42 days)
- Side extension : 93% approved (83 decided, ~63 days)
- Loft conversion : 83% approved (82 decided, ~68 days)
- Change of use : 74% approved (82 decided, ~74 days)
- Advertisement / signage : 85% approved (73 decided, ~56 days)
- Two-storey extension : 91% approved (55 decided, ~72 days)
- Porch : 96% approved (45 decided, ~73 days)
- Shopfront / commercial : 98% approved (43 decided, ~56 days)
- Demolition : 100% approved (42 decided, ~57 days) †
- Boundary wall / fence / gates : 90% approved (40 decided, ~55 days)
† We hold no refused decisions for this type here, so treat a full approval rate with caution. The council's own portal has the complete history.
Method
Figures are aggregates over the public planning decisions we hold for Nottingham, matched to a project type from the application description. Overall approval is decided-weighted across project types, using each type's rate over the last 5 years where we hold enough decisions, otherwise its full record. Only types with at least five decided applications are shown. We publish aggregate counts only, with no application references or applicant names. Full method and limits.
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