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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.
2,647 approved · 414 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 Dials Gray Lane Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AL
Received 7 Oct 2024Sydings Station Lane Farnsfield NG22 8LA
Received 7 Oct 2024Chalfont Main Street Morton NG25 0UT
Received 7 Oct 20248A Winthorpe Road Newark On Trent NG24 2AB
Received 8 Oct 2024Maryland Queen Street Southwell NG25 0AA
Received 2 Oct 202412A Manor Close Walesby NG22 9NX
Received 8 Oct 20242B Fir View Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9UA
Received 1 Oct 2024Thoresby Hall Hotel Thoresby Park Perlethorpe Newark On Trent NG22 9WH
Received 8 Oct 2024Thoresby Hall Hotel Thoresby Park Perlethorpe Newark On Trent NG22 9WH
Received 8 Oct 2024Church View Farm Swinderby Road South Scarle NG23 7JW
Received 8 Oct 2024Church View Farm Swinderby Road South Scarle NG23 7JW
Received 8 Oct 2024Cockerbeck House Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7AY
Received 9 Oct 2024Field Ref No 6446 Plot 3 New Lane Blidworth
Received 9 Oct 2024Meadow View Nottingham Road Oxton NG25 0SE
Received 2 Oct 2024Land At Old Rufford Road Rufford
Received 4 Oct 2024Land Adjacent Inkersall Grange Farm Old Rufford Road Bilsthorpe
Received 4 Oct 2024Park Lidgett House Norwell Road Ossington NG23 6LG
Received 9 Oct 20241 Hawton Lane Cottages Hawton Lane Farndon NG24 3SD
Received 10 Oct 2024Holy Trinity Church Tuxford Road Kirton NG22 9LU
Received 10 Oct 2024St Helens Church Main Street Thorney
Received 10 Oct 2024Rectory Farm Kirklington Road Bilsthorpe NG22 8RT
Received 10 Oct 2024Cockerbeck House Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7AY
Received 11 Oct 2024Children 1st Martin Forster House 10 Appleton Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1JY
Received 11 Oct 20248 The Old Nurseries Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6NA
Received 11 Oct 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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