Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
2,517 approved · 376 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 The Green Lowdham NG14 7DD
Received 21 May 2024Rufford Forest Farm Centenary Avenue Rufford NG22 8JF
Received 21 May 202444-46 Kirk Gate Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG24 1AB
Received 21 May 2024Doves Wood Main Street Carlton On Trent Newark On Trent NG23 6NN
Received 22 May 2024Land At The Rear Of Tarmac Hawton Lane Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BU
Received 22 May 2024The Old Vicarage Southwell Road Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NF
Received 22 May 20241 Tathams Orchard Southwell NG25 0FL
Received 22 May 202438 Nottingham Road Lowdham NG14 7AP
Received 16 May 20242 Birkland Drive Edwinstowe NG21 9LU
Received 22 May 2024Existing (Former) Agricultural Building Thurgarton Quarters Farm Oxton Road Thurgarton
Received 16 May 20241 Manor Farm Cottages Radley Road Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AH
Received 22 May 20243 Manvers Place Edwinstowe NG21 9SE
Received 17 May 2024Holme Hall High Street Holme Newark On Trent NG23 7RZ
Received 23 May 2024Land Adjacent Old Hall Farm The Lane Cotham
Received 17 May 2024Land Adjacent Haughton Way Walesby Nottinghamshire
Received 20 May 202420 Windsor Road Newark On Trent NG24 4HX
Received 20 May 2024Land At Fir View Ollerton
Received 21 May 2024Chapel House Church Lane Eakring NG22 0DH
Received 23 May 2024Field Adjacent Meadow View Nottingham Road Oxton NG25 0SE
Received 21 May 202437 Silvey Avenue Southwell NG25 0BU
Received 21 May 2024Car Park Heron Way Balderton
Received 23 May 2024134 Lime Grove Newark On Trent NG24 4AH
Received 24 May 2024Long Barn Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7AZ
Received 24 May 2024Meadowside The Park Thurgarton NG14 7HA
Received 24 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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