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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 Mansfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Mansfield website
17,907 approved · 1,865 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Sept 1990 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Cotswold Grove, Off Oak Tree Lane, Mansfield
Received 5 Jan 1995Co-Op Superstore Petrol Station, Welbeck Road, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Received 6 Jan 1995Walkden Street Car Park Facade Facing Bus Station, Mansfield.
Received 6 Jan 1995Plots 123-136 & 194-199 Arun Dale And Exe Fold, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Received 6 Jan 199546 Chatsworth Drive Mansfield NG18 4QT
Received 6 Jan 1995Westgate, Mansfield.
Received 6 Jan 199541 Poplar Grove, Forest Town
Received 6 Jan 1995Land North Of Old Mill Lane/South Of New Mill Lane Mansfield
Received 5 Sept 199034 Prestwold Avenue, Forest Town.
Received 9 Feb 1995Ravensdale/Barringer Road Estate, Mansfield.
Received 9 Feb 199516 Garth Road, Mansfield.
Received 9 Feb 1995Area Of Hard Standing Adjacent To Ravensdale Youth Centre, Barringer Road, Mansfield.
Received 8 Feb 1995Next To Hi Q Tyre Services, Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Received 7 Feb 1995Unit 11 Maun Close, Hermitage Lane, Mansfield.
Received 7 Feb 1995Plot 35 Hermitage Way, Mansfield.
Received 7 Feb 1995Bleak Hill Sidings, Off Sheepbridge Lane, Mansfield.
Received 7 Feb 1995Garage, Rear Of 6 Burns Lane, Warsop.
Received 6 Feb 19956 Birchcroft Drive, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Received 6 Feb 1995Bleak Hill Sidings, Sheepbridge Lane, Mansfield.
Received 6 Feb 1995Bleak Hill Sidings, Sheepbridge Lane, Mansfield.
Received 6 Feb 1995Construction House, Hermitage Way, Mansfield.
Received 6 Feb 1995Plots 34-44 & 48 Off Southwell Road West, Mansfield.
Received 6 Feb 19953 Station Street, Mansfield.
Received 6 Feb 1995Garibaldi Road/Lilac Crescent, Forest Town.
Received 6 Feb 1995Records 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 Mansfield 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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