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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2,384 approved · 329 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Curtis Cottage 2 Willoughby Court Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JJ
Received 18 Sept 20233 Birchenall Court Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3TR
Received 19 Sept 2023High Park Farm Cross Lane Blidworth NG21 0LX
Received 19 Sept 202331 Mill Gate Newark On Trent NG24 4TR
Received 19 Sept 202325 Beverley Close Rainworth NG21 0LW
Received 20 Sept 2023Grange Court Grange Farm Mews Main Street South Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6EB
Received 20 Sept 202319 Pinfold Lane Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PD
Received 20 Sept 2023New Bungalow Nursery Close Collingham Nottinghamshire NG23 7BL
Received 20 Sept 2023The Croft Main Road Kings Clipstone Nottinghamshire NG21 9BT
Received 20 Sept 2023Caunton Cottage Amen Corner Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AP
Received 20 Sept 20236 - 8 Portland Street Newark On Trent NG24 4XG
Received 20 Sept 2023Sunnyside 9 Swinderby Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PH
Received 20 Sept 20236 - 8 Portland Street Newark On Trent NG24 4XG
Received 20 Sept 202319 Loom Gardens Middlebeck Newark On Trent NG24 3WX
Received 21 Sept 202326 Warsop Lane Rainworth NG21 0AG
Received 21 Sept 20239 Southwell Road Lowdham NG14 7DQ
Received 21 Sept 2023Broom Cottage Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 21 Sept 2023Land South Of Newark Bowbridge Lane Balderton
Received 21 Sept 2023Orange Mast NOT0144 Parker Street Newark On Trent
Received 21 Sept 2023121 Farndon Road Newark On Trent NG24 4SP
Received 22 Sept 2023The Old Rectory Beck Street Thurgarton NG14 7HB
Received 22 Sept 2023Rose Cottage 47 The Holme Southwell NG25 0NF
Received 22 Sept 2023Knoll Cottage Main Street Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JN
Received 25 Sept 2023Little Rudsey Farm High Cross Goverton NG14 7FR
Received 25 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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