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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.
2,407 approved · 339 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elkra Toad Lane Laxton Newark On Trent NG22 0NZ
Received 4 Dec 202387 Milton Street Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3AP
Received 4 Dec 2023All Saints Church Chapel Lane Coddington
Received 4 Dec 2023Stone Stacks Newark Road Southwell NG25 0ES
Received 4 Dec 2023Land Off North End Farndon
Received 1 Dec 2023The Bothy Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 1 Dec 2023Conservative Club 29 London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1TN
Received 4 Dec 2023Land To The Rear Of 112 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NG
Received 4 Dec 20232 Church Lane Eakring NG22 0DH
Received 4 Dec 202324 Oxton Road Southwell NG25 0NH
Received 5 Dec 2023Adjacent To ATS Euromaster Brunel Drive Newark On Trent NG24 2DE
Received 5 Dec 20233 Floral Villas Sutton On Trent NG23 6PN
Received 5 Dec 2023Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire NG21 9PS
Received 5 Dec 2023Crows Nest Crow Lane South Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6DZ
Received 5 Dec 20238 Burgage Lane Southwell NG25 0ER
Received 5 Dec 2023Lowdham Cars Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7ER
Received 5 Dec 2023Former Tall Trees Nurseries Nottingham Road Bulcote
Received 5 Dec 2023Big Dish Energy 11 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AN
Received 5 Dec 2023Field Reference Number 1233 Great North Road Cromwell
Received 5 Dec 2023E-Centre Darwin Drive Sherwood Energy Village Ollerton NG22 9GW
Received 5 Dec 2023Cliff House Southwell Road Lowdham NG14 7DR
Received 5 Dec 2023Old Hall House 5 Orchard Park Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2RT
Received 5 Dec 2023The Lilacs Front Street South Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AA
Received 6 Dec 2023Chestnut Lodge Barnby Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 2SN
Received 6 Dec 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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