Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bassetlaw District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
428 approved · 93 refused · 24 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jan 2010 to 10 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land West Of The Old Barn Church Street Misterton South Yorkshire
Received 4 Aug 2026The Bungalow 6 Newark Road Tuxford Nottinghamshire NG22 0NA
Received 5 Aug 2026The Villa New Court Gardens London Road Retford
Received 5 Aug 2026Plot 1 Land South Of Joseph House Great North Road Ranskill Nottinghamshire
Received 5 Aug 2026Plot 2 Land South Of Joseph House Great North Road Ranskill Nottinghamshire
Received 5 Aug 2026Manor Farm Piper Lane Carburton Nottinghamshire S80 3BU
Received 5 Aug 202611 Sunfield Avenue Worksop Nottinghamshire S81 0AJ
Received 5 Aug 2026Lowfield House Smeath Lane Clarborough Nottinghamshire DN22 9JN
Received 5 Aug 20268 Welham Road Retford Nottinghamshire
Received 5 Aug 2026Magpie Cottage Magpie Lane North Leverton Nottinghamshire DN22 0AJ
Received 6 Aug 2026The Priory Centre Worksop Nottinghamshire
Received 6 Aug 202620 Thornhill Road Harworth South Yorkshire DN11 8LQ
Received 6 Aug 202615 Willowbridge Close Retford Nottinghamshire DN22 6PG
Received 6 Aug 2026Land West Of Manor Farmyard Town Street Askham Nottinghamshire
Received 6 Aug 2026West Gate Great Lane East Markham Nottinghamshire NG22 0QN
Received 6 Aug 20261 Trent View Cottages Hollowgate Lane High Marnham Nottinghamshire NG23 6SG
Received 6 Aug 202630 - 32 Bridge Street Worksop Nottinghamshire
Received 7 Aug 202630 - 32 Bridge Street Worksop Nottinghamshire
Received 7 Aug 202693A Bridge Street Worksop Nottinghamshire S80 1DL
Received 7 Aug 202693A Bridge Street Worksop Nottinghamshire S80 1DL
Received 7 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Yew Tree Road Elkesley Nottinghamshire
Received 7 Aug 2026The Spinney Low Street Beckingham South Yorkshire DN10 4PW
Received 10 Aug 2026The Spinney Low Street Beckingham South Yorkshire DN10 4PW
Received 10 Aug 202626 Elizabethan Gardens Retford Nottinghamshire DN22 7WP
Received 10 Aug 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bassetlaw 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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