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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.
2,461 approved · 356 refused · 178 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Sept 2022 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sherwood Forest Cabins Sherwood Pines Forest Park Mansfield Road Clipstone NG21 9JH
Received 9 Feb 2024The Gables Halam Road Southwell NG25 0AH
Received 2 Jan 2024Play Days Cottage Osbourne Cottage Tuxford Road Boughton Newark On Trent NG22 9TA
Received 12 Feb 2024Shires Cottage Squires Lane Kings Clipstone NG21 9BS
Received 12 Feb 2024The Willows Quaker Lane Farnsfield NG22 8EE
Received 12 Feb 2024Beech House Norwell Road Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AF
Received 12 Feb 202425 Blackbrook Road Newark On Trent NG24 2ST
Received 12 Feb 2024Poplar Farm Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 7 Feb 202420 Hemplands Lane Sutton On Trent NG23 6PU
Received 12 Feb 2024Land Adjacent The Chestnuts Old North Road Carlton On Trent
Received 8 Feb 20241 Glebe Farm Cottages Fosse Road Brough Newark On Trent NG23 7QE
Received 12 Feb 2024National Grid Training Centre Kirklington Road Eakring NG22 0DA
Received 12 Feb 2024Burridge Farm Crab Lane North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6HH
Received 12 Feb 2024Trent Valley Riding Club Trent Valley Equestrian Centre Occupation Lane Fiskerton Southwell NG25 0TR
Received 12 Feb 202419 Poplar Street Ollerton NG22 9PY
Received 9 Feb 2024Manor Farm Halloughton NG25 0QP
Received 13 Feb 2024Aberdeen House Church Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NQ
Received 13 Feb 2024Thurgarton Quarters Farm Priory Road Thurgarton NG25 0RW
Received 13 Feb 2024Ivy House Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5GU
Received 13 Feb 2024Lin Cottage Main Street Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8ND
Received 14 Feb 2024Murphy Pipelines Ltd Newark Road Ollerton NG22 9PZ
Received 14 Feb 202413 The Spinney Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PE
Received 14 Feb 2024Land Off Muskham View Mather Road Newark
Received 14 Feb 2024Air And Space Institute Newark (ASI) Great North Road Newark On Trent NG24 1BY
Received 14 Feb 2024Records 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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