Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of 38-40 Commercial Road, Nottingham, NG6 8HE
Planning appeal 3369986 at Land Rear of 38-40 Commercial Road, Nottingham, NG6 8HE (Nottingham City Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether flood risk associated with the appeal scheme has been satisfactorily addressed.
two new detached 3-bed dwellings and a double garage
- Authority
- Nottingham City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Burley P
- Postcode
- NG6 8HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether flood risk associated with the appeal scheme has been satisfactorily addressed
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide adequate flood risk information and sustainable drainage details to demonstrate the scheme would not adversely increase flood risk, contrary to development plan policy.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 of the Aligned Core StrategyPolicy CC3 of the Land and Planning Policies Document
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 170Paragraph 181
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Nottingham
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Dismissed28 October 20266012324291 Wigman Road, Nottingham, NG8 4AJ
- Dismissed23 October 2026601281227 Western Boulevard, Nottingham, NG8 1PE
- Dismissed22 October 202660125143 Gordon Rise, Nottingham, NG3 5GB
- Dismissed19 October 20266015053Land At The Corner Of Radford Road And Gregory Boulevard, 85 - 87 Radford Road, Nottingham, NG7 5DR
- Allowed15 October 20266015651Land at 20 Daleside Road, Nottingham, NG2 4DH
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®