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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.
2,394 approved · 336 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Manor Farm Cottages Radley Road Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AH
Received 13 Nov 2023Wood View And Maidstone Cottage The Close Averham Newark On Trent NG23 5RP
Received 13 Nov 2023Falcon Motors 2 Northern Road Newark On Trent NG24 2ET
Received 13 Nov 2023Orchard Stables Cottage Lane Collingham NG23 7QL
Received 13 Nov 202313 Priory Park Thurgarton NG14 7HE
Received 13 Nov 2023Dorntanza Wigsley Road North Scarle LN6 9HD
Received 13 Nov 2023Thorpes Warehouse Navigation Yard Mill Gate Newark On Trent NG24 4TN
Received 13 Nov 20233 Willoughby House Church Street Southwell NG25 0HQ
Received 13 Nov 2023Nottinghamshire Fire And Rescue Service Collingham Fire Station Baptist Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LT
Received 13 Nov 202310 Pearl Close Rainworth NG21 0GF
Received 14 Nov 202372 Mansfield Road Edwinstowe NG21 9NH
Received 14 Nov 202333 Farthingate Close Southwell NG25 0HU
Received 14 Nov 2023Junction Of Devon Road And Beech Avenue (ID275) Devon Road Newark On Trent
Received 14 Nov 2023Saint Gobain Formula Jericho Works Bowbridge Lane Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BZ
Received 14 Nov 2023Lower Minster Gardens Also Know As The Paddock Bishops Drive Southwell
Received 15 Nov 2023Newark Cemetery London Road Newark On Trent
Received 15 Nov 2023Fairview Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7ER
Received 15 Nov 2023Burgage Green Adjacent The Old Coach House Burgage Southwell
Received 15 Nov 2023Land At Chestnut Copse Newark On Trent NG24 1RX
Received 15 Nov 2023Manor Farm Bilsthorpe Road Eakring NG22 0DG
Received 16 Nov 2023Car Park Church Street Southwell
Received 16 Nov 2023126 Whinney Lane Ollerton NG22 9TZ
Received 16 Nov 2023Land North And East Of Existing Fernwood Development Fernwood Newark
Received 16 Nov 20238 Wellington Road Newark On Trent NG24 1NJ
Received 16 Nov 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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