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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Newark and Sherwood District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,629 approved · 408 refused · 187 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Sept 2022 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Inkersall Cottage Inkersall Lane Bilsthorpe NG22 8TL
Received 10 Sept 2024Cedar Tree Cottage Main Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HR
Received 10 Sept 2024MFG Cow Lane - Newark Esso 69 North Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1HD
Received 10 Sept 2024St Stephens Fosse Road Brough Newark On Trent NG23 7QE
Received 11 Sept 2024St Stephens Fosse Road Brough Newark On Trent NG23 7QE
Received 11 Sept 202422 Home Farm Close Kelham Newark On Trent NG23 5QB
Received 11 Sept 2024Saint Gobain Formula Jericho Works Bowbridge Lane Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BZ
Received 11 Sept 20243 Spring Lane Farnsfield NG22 8LD
Received 10 Sept 2024Rose Cottage Weston Road Egmanton Newark On Trent NG22 0HB
Received 11 Sept 2024Meadow View Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 11 Sept 2024Millfield Farm Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 12 Sept 20243 Mill Apartments Maythorne Southwell NG25 0RS
Received 12 Sept 202412 Chappel Gardens Bilsthorpe NG22 8RZ
Received 12 Sept 2024Low Meadow Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7DF
Received 12 Sept 2024The Old Vicarage Fosse Road East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QE
Received 12 Sept 2024Land North Of Ivy House Farm Wood Lane Egmanton Newark On Trent NG22 0HB
Received 9 Sept 202410 Goodwin Close Newark On Trent NG24 2LA
Received 12 Sept 202477C Eton Avenue Newark On Trent NG24 4JH
Received 10 Sept 2024Old Volunteer Public House 61 Caythorpe Road Caythorpe NG14 7EB
Received 12 Sept 2024Land At The Fox Inn Public House Main Road Kelham Newark On Trent NG23 5QP
Received 12 Sept 2024The Fox Inn Public House Main Road Kelham Newark On Trent NG23 5QP
Received 12 Sept 2024The Fox Inn Public House Main Road Kelham Newark On Trent NG23 5QP
Received 12 Sept 2024Fountain Dale House Ricket Lane Blidworth NG21 0ND
Received 12 Sept 2024Fountain Dale House Ricket Lane Blidworth NG21 0ND
Received 12 Sept 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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