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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.
2,531 approved · 386 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Handley House 53 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LB
Received 5 Jul 2024Land Off Nightingale Close Balderton
Received 10 Jul 2024Unit 6A, Unit 7 And Land Adjacent Unit 7 Hazel Court Blidworth NG21 0RY
Received 10 Jul 2024Oak Tree Farm Gypsy Lane Bleasby Newark On Trent NG14 7GG
Received 10 Jul 20244 The Drive Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NX
Received 10 Jul 2024Cliff Mill House Southwell Road Lowdham NG14 7DR
Received 10 Jul 20248 Manor Drive Morton NG25 0UZ
Received 11 Jul 2024Almond Lodge Station Road Harby Newark On Trent NG23 7EQ
Received 11 Jul 2024Footpath Beaumont Avenue Southwell
Received 11 Jul 2024Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire NG21 9PS
Received 11 Jul 2024Field Reference Number 8956 Holme Lane Winthorpe
Received 11 Jul 2024Church View Farm Swinderby Road South Scarle NG23 7JW
Received 11 Jul 20244 Chimes Meadow Southwell NG25 0GB
Received 12 Jul 2024Telecommunications Pole WP1 Pavilion Court Lowdham
Received 12 Jul 20249 Westgate Southwell NG25 0JN
Received 12 Jul 202465 Braemer Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PN
Received 12 Jul 2024Woodside Cottage Newark Road Hockerton Southwell NG25 0PW
Received 15 Jul 2024Field Side 86 Caythorpe Road Caythorpe NG14 7EB
Received 15 Jul 2024Grove Bungalow Barnby Road Newark On Trent NG24 2NE
Received 15 Jul 2024Walnut Tree House 22A Ton Lane Lowdham NG14 7AR
Received 15 Jul 2024Bulcote Farm Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 15 Jul 2024Bulcote Farm Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 15 Jul 2024Collingham Railway Station Station Road Collingham
Received 15 Jul 2024Hesketh House 84 Victoria Street Newark On Trent NG24 4UF
Received 15 Jul 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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