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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.
2,394 approved · 336 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forge Cottage School Lane Kneesall Newark On Trent NG22 0AE
Received 6 Nov 2023Brackenhurst School Of Land-based Studies Willows The Nottingham Trent University Southwell NG25 0QF
Received 7 Nov 2023E-Centre Darwin Drive Sherwood Energy Village Ollerton NG22 9GW
Received 8 Nov 2023Cygnet Hospital Sherwood Rufford Colliery Lane Rainworth NG21 0HR
Received 8 Nov 2023Barn Cottage Radley Road Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AQ
Received 8 Nov 2023Electricity Powerline Cross Lane Collingham
Received 8 Nov 202310 Victoria Street Newark On Trent
Received 8 Nov 2023Yew Tree Cottage Toad Lane Epperstone NG14 6AJ
Received 8 Nov 2023Hockerwood Park Hockerwood Lane Southwell NG25 0PZ
Received 8 Nov 2023Staunton Industrial Estate Alverton Road Staunton In The Vale
Received 9 Nov 20236 Appletree Close Southwell NG25 0AN
Received 9 Nov 2023Land Adjoining Braemar Farm Station Road Collingham
Received 9 Nov 2023Great North Road Solar Park
Received 9 Nov 2023Hanson Brick Ltd Kirton Works Main Street Kirton NG22 9LG
Received 13 Nov 2023Tithe Barn 35 Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7AZ
Received 8 Nov 2023Yew Tree House Halloughton NG25 0QP
Received 7 Nov 2023Nottinghamshire Fire And Rescue Service Blidworth Fire Station Mansfield Road Blidworth NG21 0LR
Received 13 Nov 2023Nottingham Fire And Rescue Service 8 Heywood Close Southwell NG25 0EB
Received 13 Nov 2023Redmays Redmays Drive Bulcote NG14 5GZ
Received 13 Nov 2023Redmays Redmays Drive Bulcote NG14 5GZ
Received 13 Nov 2023Cottage Homes London Road Newark On Trent
Received 13 Nov 2023Orchard Close Honeyknab Lane Oxton NG25 0SX
Received 13 Nov 20231 Manor Farm Cottages Radley Road Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AH
Received 13 Nov 2023One Earth Solar Project
Received 13 Nov 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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