The Adopted Local Plan

Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy - Local Plan Part 1 (2014)

The adopted Nottingham City ACS sets out strategic planning policies and development principles for Nottingham City to guide development until 2028. The ACS was jointly prepared with Broxtowe and Gedling Borough Councils with close alignment to the Core Strategies of the other Councils that which make up Greater Nottingham, namely Erewash and Rushcliffe Borough Councils.

Click on the links below to view the associated documents.

• The Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy (ACS)
• Sustainability Appraisal of the Aligned Core Strategy
• Sustainability Appraisal of the Aligned Core Strategy Publication Version Addendum May 2013
• Sustainability Appraisal of the Aligned Core Strategy Equality Impact Assessment HRA combined document
• Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement 
• City Council Report Equality Impact Assessment Appendix
• Inspector’s Report of Examination of  the Aligned Core Strategies, July 2014
• City Council Report
  

Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Review 

Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils are in the process of reviewing their part 1 Local Plans to be replaced with a new joint Local Strategic Plan.

Details can be viewed on the Greater Nottingham Planning Partnership website.

https://www.gnplan.org.uk

The Land and Planning Policy Document (Part 1 Local Plan) was formally adopted on 13 January 2020.

This LAPP contains both Development Management planning policies and site specific land allocations. It provides a level of certainty about which areas will be developed or protected in the future and for what purpose. It forms Part 2 of new Local Plan along with the adopted Core Strategy which is Part 1 of the Local Plan and forms the overarching, strategic document.

The LAPP consists of

The Land and Planning Policy Document (Local Plan Part 2)

Combined Interactive Policies Map

This combines the following:

• Adopted Polices Map (North)
• Adopted Policies Map (South)
• Adopted Policies Map (City Centre)
• Adopted Policies Map (Combined)

Interactive Policies Map

A new interactive policies map is available that shows all the Local Plan policy layers. These layers are also available on Nottingham Insight Mapping which also contains other data/information that may be useful such as ward boundaries, planning application boundaries etc. Important to note that in both options, the layers marked with an * indicates are formed from data that has been gathered from external sources separate from the Local Plan process, and may be subject to change. The maps will show the current version of these layers, not the version that was adopted.

Use Class Order Changes

Since the adoption of the Local Plan, the government has made significant changes to the Use Class Order. The Council has prepared this statement of Use Class Change which set out how policies in the Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents that refer to specific use classes can be applied in light of these changes.

Supporting Documents

• Full Council Committee Report adopting the LAPP (January 2020)
• LAPP Adoption Statement (January 2020)
• LAPP Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement
• LAPP Equalities Impact Assessment Statement
• Adopted Shadow Habitats Regulations Assessment
• LAPP Inspector's Report

Additional archive material including the examination library, details about the examination and consultation comments received can be found on the archived Examination pages. Further details of each stage can be view of the Local Plan review pages.

Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council adopted the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Local Plan (2025) September/October 2025.  

The adopted Waste Local Plan provides the future planning strategy for waste management in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham until 2038 and aims to provide sufficient capacity to meet future needs. It contains key policies against which future waste development will be assessed. It also forms part of the Local Development Framework for Nottingham City Council and the District and Boroughs in Nottinghamshire.

Full details of the adoption process are set out in the Adoption Statement for Nottinghamshire County Council and Adoption Statement for Nottingham City Council.

For further details please visit the New Waste Local Plan | Nottinghamshire County Council

In addition to the Local Plan documents, other adopted Supplementary Planning Documents and Guidance are a material consideration in the determination of planning applications. Please see the Supplementary Planning Documents/Guidance page for details. In addition, new SPDs are planned to provide further guidance and details of these can be found on the Latest News and consultation page.  

The previous Nottingham Local Plan (adopted November 2005) is now superseded by the policies by the Aligned Core Strategies (Local Plan Part 1) and the Land and Planning Policies Document (Local Plan Part 2).

The previous 'Saved' Local Plan policies contained detailed planning policies against which all planning applications were judged until the document was superceded.

It was accompanied by an adopted Proposals Map, which set out areas of protection and areas of land designated for particular land uses. The Plan and related documents are listed below for archive purposes only:

• The Nottingham Local Plan (2005) - Superseded
• The Nottingham Local Plan Proposals Map (North) - Superseded
• The Nottingham Local Plan Proposals Map (South) - Superseded
• The Nottingham Local Plan Proposals Map (City Centre) - Superseded
• The Nottingham Local Plan (Addendum) - Superseded
• Schedule of 2005 Local Plan saved and unsaved policies
• Nottingham Local Plan 2005 - Inspectors Report
• Nottingham Local Plan (2005) - Inspectors Report & Proposed Modifications

The Local Plan team are hybrid working and so you are advised to make initial contact by emailing localplan@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.