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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.
2,518 approved · 384 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Vicarage Gypsy Lane Bleasby NG14 7GG
Received 30 May 2024The Lodge 34 London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1TW
Received 30 May 2024May Tree House Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 30 May 2024Denham House Back Lane Morton NG25 0UU
Received 30 May 2024Land At Great North Road Weston Newark On Trent NG23 6TF
Received 30 May 2024The Parish Church Of St Laurence Main Street Norwell
Received 30 May 202414 Plantation Cottages Main Street Epperstone NG14 6AG
Received 30 May 2024Tesco Express Kirklington Road Rainworth Mansfield NG21 0AE
Received 30 May 2024The White Cottage Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 30 May 20242 Yew Tree Way Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2RZ
Received 30 May 2024Barn Close Church Lane Eakring NG22 0DH
Received 30 May 202455 Westhorpe Southwell NG25 0NE
Received 30 May 202415 Farthingate Southwell NG25 0HT
Received 31 May 20242 Breck Bank Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9XG
Received 31 May 2024Lilac Farm Cottage Water Lane Oxton NG25 0SH
Received 31 May 2024Church View Farm Swinderby Road South Scarle NG23 7JW
Received 31 May 2024Johmay Main Street Fiskerton NG25 0UL
Received 29 May 2024Not My Monkey The Wharf Newark On Trent NG24 1EU
Received 31 May 2024Newfield Dairy Ice Cream Parlour And Cafe Newfield Farm Caunton Road Hockerton Southwell NG25 0PN
Received 31 May 2024School Cottage East Staythorpe Road Averham NG23 5RA
Received 29 May 202447 Kirklington Road Southwell NG25 0AT
Received 3 Jun 20242 Beaconsfield Drive Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2RX
Received 3 Jun 202484 Dove Croft Ollerton NG22 9RQ
Received 3 Jun 202427 Easthorpe Southwell NG25 0HY
Received 3 Jun 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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