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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.
2,712 approved · 427 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mendip House Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 17 Jan 2025Selmun Front Street Barnby In The Willows Newark On Trent NG24 2SA
Received 17 Jan 202512 Wakeling Close Southwell NG25 0JF
Received 17 Jan 2025Station House Cocking Hill Kirton NG22 9LQ
Received 17 Jan 2025South View Cottage Harrow Lane Boughton NG22 9LA
Received 17 Jan 2025The Lodge 50 Gainsborough Road Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NN
Received 17 Jan 2025The Hollies 32 Queen Street Southwell NG25 0AA
Received 20 Jan 2025Old Farm Cottage Nottingham Road Thurgarton NG14 7GZ
Received 20 Jan 2025Holly Cottage Copper Hill Grassthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 6QZ
Received 20 Jan 2025Rudean Lodge Main Street Bleasby NG14 7GH
Received 20 Jan 2025Hendiadys Church Lane Eakring NG22 0DH
Received 20 Jan 2025Field Reference Number 1071 Main Street Kirklington
Received 20 Jan 2025Bramley Tree Cottage 73 Church Street Southwell NG25 0HQ
Received 20 Jan 2025Storage At Featherstone House Farm Mickledale Lane Bilsthorpe
Received 20 Jan 2025Nursery Cottage Southwell Road Farnsfield NG22 8EB
Received 20 Jan 2025Oakdene Fosse Road East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QQ
Received 20 Jan 2025Jasmine Cottage Cooks Lane Fiskerton NG25 0XQ
Received 21 Jan 202524 Cheyne Drive Bilsthorpe NG22 8SB
Received 21 Jan 202511 Ribbon Pond Drive Middlebeck Newark On Trent NG24 3WW
Received 21 Jan 20253 Sycamore Lane Bleasby NG14 7GJ
Received 20 Jan 2025Field Reference Off 4630 Boy Lane Edwinstowe
Received 20 Jan 202529 Beck Lane Blidworth NG21 0QA
Received 21 Jan 2025St Edmunds Grange Green Lane Walesby NG22 9PA
Received 14 Jan 2025Land Off A17 Coddington Nottinghamshire
Received 21 Jan 2025Records 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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