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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2,504 approved · 373 refused · 178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Cabinet Forest Road Ollerton
Received 30 Apr 2024Telecommunications Cabinet Retford Road Walesby
Received 30 Apr 2024Telecommunications Cabinet Rufford Road Edwinstowe
Received 30 Apr 2024Telecommunications Cabinet New Hill Walesby
Received 30 Apr 2024Telecommunication Apparatus Goverton Bleasby NG14 7FN
Received 30 Apr 2024Land South Of Newark Bowbridge Lane Balderton
Received 1 May 2024The Croft Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7ES
Received 1 May 2024Ash Cottage Staythorpe Road Averham Newark On Trent NG23 5RA
Received 1 May 202426 Portland Way Clipstone NG21 9FE
Received 1 May 2024Butterfields Thoresby Park Perlethorpe Newark On Trent NG22 9EH
Received 1 May 2024The Old Forge Gonalston NG14 7JA
Received 1 May 2024Former Broadlands Southwell Road Farnsfield
Received 2 May 2024The Old Vicarage Gypsy Lane Bleasby NG14 7GG
Received 2 May 2024Threshing Barn East Church Lane Lowdham NG14 7BQ
Received 2 May 2024Collingham Chinese Takeaway 160 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NH
Received 2 May 202426 Blenheim Avenue Lowdham NG14 7WD
Received 2 May 2024The Old Weighbridge Adjcent The Station Gainsborough Road North Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AZ
Received 3 May 2024Church Cottage 9 Church Street Sutton On Trent NG23 6PD
Received 3 May 2024Trent Valley Livery Ltd Trent Valley Equestrian Centre Occupation Lane Fiskerton Southwell NG25 0TR
Received 3 May 20245 Hazel Road Boughton NG22 9TF
Received 3 May 2024Collingham And District Men In Sheds Unit 1 Green Way Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7DX
Received 3 May 2024Unit 17 Hardys Business Park Hawton Lane Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SD
Received 3 May 2024Land To The Rear Of Northgate Business Centre North Gate Newark On Trent
Received 3 May 202424 Thoresby Avenue Edwinstowe NG21 9ND
Received 6 May 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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