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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.
2,387 approved · 330 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Great North Road Sutton On Trent NG23 6PW
Received 9 Oct 2023Park Farm Crink Lane Southwell NG25 0TJ
Received 9 Oct 2023East Stoke Hall Church Lane East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QF
Received 9 Oct 2023East Stoke Hall Church Lane East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QF
Received 9 Oct 2023Orchard Barn Station Road Edingley NG22 8BX
Received 10 Oct 2023Land At Post Office Farm Main Street Ossington
Received 10 Oct 2023The Dukeries Academy Whinney Lane Ollerton NG22 9TH
Received 10 Oct 2023Woodland To Rear Of 2 Beaconsfield Grove Coddington
Received 10 Oct 2023The Old Coach House West End Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SG
Received 10 Oct 2023The Old Coach House West End Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SG
Received 10 Oct 202354 Westhorpe Southwell NG25 0NG
Received 10 Oct 2023Plum Tree House Low Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HJ
Received 10 Oct 2023East Cottage Top Street Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NP
Received 9 Oct 20231 Hutchinson Road Newark On Trent NG24 2GH
Received 10 Oct 202314 Gilmores Lane Fernwood Newark On Trent NG24 3GX
Received 10 Oct 2023The Old School Room Newark Road Cotham Newark On Trent NG23 5JU
Received 10 Oct 2023Thurgarton Methodist Church Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 11 Oct 2023The Courtyard Long Row Barnby Gate Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG24 1RW
Received 11 Oct 202353 London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1RZ
Received 11 Oct 2023Electricity Sub Station Air And Space Institute Newark Great North Road Newark On Trent NG24 1BY
Received 11 Oct 2023Blue Bell Farm Great North Road Weston Newark On Trent NG23 6SZ
Received 11 Oct 20231 Hopewell Rise Southwell NG25 0NX
Received 11 Oct 2023Bromfield Main Street Blidworth NG21 0QD
Received 12 Oct 2023Land Off A6097 Bypass Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7ER
Received 12 Oct 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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