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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Newark and Sherwood District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,371 approved · 328 refused · 168 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Apr 2023 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Tree Farm Main Street Oxton NG25 0SD
Received 28 Apr 2023Manor Farm House Low Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HJ
Received 3 May 2023Manor Farm House Low Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HJ
Received 3 May 2023Old Village 25 Kirklington Road Bilsthorpe NG22 8RT
Received 5 May 202322 Parliament Street Newark On Trent NG24 4UR
Received 9 May 2023Land Off Main Street North Muskham
Received 19 May 2023Land Adjacent Riversmead Claypit Lane Fiskerton NG25 0UQ
Received 22 Jun 2023Abbey Rose May Lodge Drive Rufford NG22 9DE
Received 12 Jul 2023Footpath No 9 Lower Hadleigh Park Parfitt Drive Farnsfield NG22 8FA
Received 17 Jul 2023Land At Farnsfield Road Bilsthorpe
Received 17 Jul 20235 Carter Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1UA
Received 18 Jul 2023Sawmills Farm Rufford Lane Rufford NG22 9DG
Received 18 Jul 2023Land Reference Number 2587 Oxton Hill Southwell
Received 28 Jul 2023Land Adjacent The Grange Cotham Lane Hawton Newark On Trent NG24 3RJ
Received 27 Jul 2023Foxgloves Main Street Edingley NG22 8BE
Received 31 Jul 2023Foxgloves Main Street Edingley NG22 8BE
Received 31 Jul 2023Sunny View 2 Grassthorpe Road Sutton On Trent NG23 6QD
Received 31 Jul 2023Blue Bell Farm Great North Road Weston Newark On Trent NG23 6SZ
Received 4 Aug 2023Ikkle Cottage 1 Heaths Yard Main Street Blidworth NG21 0QL
Received 7 Aug 202325 Waterfield Way Clipstone NG21 9FD
Received 14 Aug 2023Annexe 16 Mansfield Road Clipstone NG21 9EH
Received 14 Aug 202344 Landseer Road Southwell NG25 0LZ
Received 14 Aug 2023South View Crab Lane North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6HH
Received 14 Aug 202333 Westhorpe Southwell NG25 0NE
Received 15 Aug 2023Records 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 Newark and Sherwood 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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