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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.
2,536 approved · 386 refused · 180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj.8 Roewood Lane Winkburn Newark On Trent NG22 8PH
Received 15 Jul 20245 Oakdene Cottages Station Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7RA
Received 15 Jul 2024Land West Of Staythorpe Electricity Substation Staythorpe Road Staythorpe
Received 15 Jul 2024Land At The Rear Of Tarmac Hawton Lane Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BU
Received 15 Jul 2024Land At Beacon Hill Road Newark On Trent
Received 15 Jul 2024The Orchards Main Street Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8ND
Received 16 Jul 202441 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AW
Received 16 Jul 202441 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AW
Received 16 Jul 2024Hill Farm Cottage Caunton Road Bathley Newark On Trent NG23 6DN
Received 16 Jul 2024Newark Castle Castle Gate Newark On Trent
Received 16 Jul 202418 Carlton Road Newark On Trent NG24 4HE
Received 16 Jul 2024Pensylane House 47 Main Street Upton Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG23 5SY
Received 16 Jul 2024Highfields School London Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3AL
Received 16 Jul 2024Great North Road Solar Park
Received 3 Jul 2024Telecommunications Cabinet Ollerton Road Edwinstowe
Received 15 Jul 2024Meadow Cottage 17 Dykes End Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LD
Received 16 Jul 20242 White Hart Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LX
Received 16 Jul 20241 Peacock Close Gunthorpe NG14 7RA
Received 16 Jul 20249 The Close Upton Newark On Trent NG23 5SS
Received 16 Jul 2024Oak Tree Stables Sand Lane Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HS
Received 16 Jul 202438 Claricoates Drive Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2TF
Received 17 Jul 2024Asda Lombard Street Newark On Trent NG24 1XG
Received 17 Jul 2024Ash House Ossington Road Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JW
Received 17 Jul 2024Garden Cottage Water Lane Oxton NG25 0SH
Received 17 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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