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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.
2,504 approved · 373 refused · 178 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Sept 2022 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Poles Southwell Road Thurgarton
Received 22 Apr 2024West Hall Main Street Bleasby NG14 7GH
Received 26 Apr 2024Church Cottage Halloughton Southwell NG25 0QP
Received 23 Apr 2024Mydentist 13 Appleton Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1JR
Received 26 Apr 2024Unit C2 Centric Latimer Way Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9FS
Received 26 Apr 2024Unit C2 Centric Latimer Way Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9FS
Received 26 Apr 2024Grain At No 1 1 - 3 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1AZ
Received 29 Apr 202444 Yew Tree Road Ollerton NG22 9UL
Received 29 Apr 20247 Deerdale Lane Bilsthorpe NG22 8SY
Received 29 Apr 2024Copper Beeches Fosse Road East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QH
Received 29 Apr 2024Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe NG21 9PS
Received 29 Apr 2024Captive Closures (Precision Mouldings) Burma Road Blidworth NG21 0RT
Received 29 Apr 2024The Bungalow 2A Kirklington Road Southwell NG25 0AY
Received 30 Apr 2024The Old Rectory Church Street Southwell NG25 0HG
Received 30 Apr 2024Manor Farm Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PA
Received 23 Apr 2024Springfield Lodge Fiskerton Road Rolleston Newark On Trent NG23 5SH
Received 30 Apr 2024Old Hall 1 Church Street Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SW
Received 30 Apr 2024Old Hall 1 Church Street Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SW
Received 30 Apr 2024Land North & East Of Fernwood West & East Of Spring Lane/Hollowdyke Lane South Of A1 And West Of Railway Line Fernwood
Received 30 Apr 20243 The Orchards Oxton NG25 0SY
Received 1 May 2024War Memorial Recreation Ground Memorial Drive Southwell
Received 1 May 2024Hawthorn Cottage And The Hame Main Street Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NL
Received 29 Apr 2024Land Adjacent Fish Pond Farm Main Street Eakring NG22 0DD
Received 1 May 2024Telecommunications Cabinet Cocking Hill Kirton
Received 30 Apr 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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