Rushcliffe Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Rushcliffe Borough Council decided more than 1,200 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 7% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 60 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Rushcliffe Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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16 October 2026 · Approved
Land Southeast And Northwest Of A453 Known As Nottingham Gateway South Of Clifton Nottingham Road Fairham Nottinghamshire · 26/01013/REM
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12 August 2026 · Approved
Acorn Hotel River Rooms 4 Radcliffe Road West Bridgford Nottinghamshire NG2 5FW · 26/00653/FUL
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13 July 2026 · Approved
Field East Of Flawforth Lane South Of Melton Road Flawforth Lane Ruddington Nottinghamshire NG11 6NG · 25/01904/FUL
Figures for Rushcliffe Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 1,200 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 7%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 60 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 110 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 33%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 90plan adopted 2013 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Rushcliffe Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues are: (a) the effect of the proposed development on the significance of Bradmore Conservation Area; (b) the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties; and (c) whether the proposed development…”
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“The parties are agreed that the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt in terms of local and national policy. 6. Given this, the main issues in the appeal are: • The effect of the proposed development on the…”
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“…determinative to this appeal. 5. It is uncontested by the main parties that the appeal development would fail to comply with the exceptions set out within the Framework and the development plan. Based on the evidence before me, I have…”
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“The main issues are: • whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies; • the effect of the proposed development…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.