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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ashfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ashfield website
16,761 approved · 1,996 refused · 1,211 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.
Back Car Park, Ashfield District Council, Urban Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Received Not published2 Pinxton Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8LX
Received Not published2 The Ropeway, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8QN
Received Not publishedKirkby Precinct, Lowmoor Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7BQ
Received Not published4 High Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7HD
Received Not publishedPlot 688, The Ashfields Off, Calladine Close, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Received Not published211 Main Road, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire, NG16 5JB
Received Not publishedPublic Open Space, Wesley Street, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Received Not publishedAnnesley Colliery, Hucknall Road, Annesley, Nottinghamshire
Received Not published16 Sperry Close, Selston, Nottinghamshire, NG16 6BS
Received Not publishedBungalow 1, Red Roofs, Southwell Lane, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8NL
Received Not publishedStreet Record, Mansfield Road, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Received Not published1 Mabel Avenue, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5HA
Received Not published2 Portland Road, Selston, Nottinghamshire, NG16 6AU
Received Not published28 Park Drive, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7LS
Received Not published5 Edale Close, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6TB
Received Not published21 Pavilion Gardens, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 3LG
Received Not publishedEudora, Lawn Road, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 4LQ
Received Not publishedNetherlea, Wild Hill, Teversal, Nottinghamshire
Received Not published126 Mansfield Road, Underwood, Nottinghamshire, NG16 5FE
Received Not publishedRuffles, 18 Robin Hood Drive, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6HU
Received Not published25 Cowpasture Lane, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5AF
Received Not published49 Greenwood Vale, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6LY
Received Not publishedBirch Print Ltd, Emtex House, Benneworth Close, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ashfield District 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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