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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.
2,384 approved · 329 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Maypole At Wellow Public House Newark Road Wellow NG22 0EA
Received 14 Sept 202323 Vicarage Road Southwell NG25 0NN
Received 15 Sept 202310 Swinderby Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PH
Received 15 Sept 2023Ash Close Honeyknab Lane Oxton NG25 0SX
Received 15 Sept 20235 Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7AZ
Received 15 Sept 2023Walnut House Burgage Lane Southwell NG25 0ER
Received 11 Sept 2023Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire
Received 15 Sept 2023Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire NG21 9PS
Received 15 Sept 2023SpaMedica Newark Loxley House Balderton Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1UN
Received 15 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Jesmondene Cottage Blidworth Bottoms Blidworth
Received 15 Sept 2023Vine House Back Street South Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AF
Received 15 Sept 2023Land Adjacent Old Hall Farm The Lane Cotham
Received 15 Sept 202331 Ridge Hill Lowdham NG14 7EL
Received 15 Sept 2023Chestnut Farm 36 Main Street Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SA
Received 15 Sept 2023124 Mansfield Road Clipstone NG21 9AL
Received 16 Sept 20231 Collinson Lane Fernwood Newark On Trent NG24 3GJ
Received 18 Sept 202341 Marsh Lane Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3TA
Received 18 Sept 20236 Fisher Close Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7SL
Received 18 Sept 2023Granary 1 Willoughby Court Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JJ
Received 18 Sept 202330 The Rise Southwell NG25 0RZ
Received 18 Sept 2023Glebe Farm House Weston Road Egmanton Newark On Trent NG22 0HB
Received 18 Sept 20231 The Green Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NE
Received 18 Sept 202371 Main Street Lowdham NG14 7BN
Received 18 Sept 2023Everest Main Street Kirton NG22 9LP
Received 18 Sept 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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