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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.
2,757 approved · 438 refused · 199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field Reference Number 9291 Ricket Lane Blidworth
Received 24 Feb 2025Old Forge House Boat Lane Hoveringham NG14 7JP
Received 24 Feb 2025Barn At Danethorpe Hill Farm Danethorpe Lane Brough
Received 24 Feb 2025Shawfield Main Street Bleasby NG14 7FU
Received 24 Feb 2025Littledale Cottage Farm Mansfield Road Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AY
Received 24 Feb 2025The White House 68 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LS
Received 24 Feb 202528 Nottingham Road Southwell NG25 0LF
Received 24 Feb 2025126 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NH
Received 25 Feb 2025Trent Valley Riding Club Trent Valley Equestrian Centre Occupation Lane Fiskerton Southwell NG25 0TR
Received 25 Feb 2025Telecommunications Pole Farthingate Close Southwell
Received 21 Feb 2025St Peter's Church Church Street Farndon
Received 24 Feb 202514 Old Hall Gardens Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2QJ
Received 25 Feb 202515 Westgate Southwell NG25 0JN
Received 23 Feb 2025Grove Farm Long Lane Barnby In The Willows Newark On Trent NG24 2SG
Received 25 Feb 2025The Willows 105 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NL
Received 25 Feb 20252 The Old Garage Front Street South Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AA
Received 25 Feb 2025Tadorna 7 Magnus Street Newark On Trent NG24 1LB
Received 25 Feb 2025St Dennis's Church Main Street Morton NG25 0UT
Received 26 Feb 2025Ollerton Hall Main Street Ollerton NG22 9AD
Received 26 Feb 2025The Acre Main Street Bleasby NG14 7GH
Received 26 Feb 2025Meadow Farm House Main Street Syerston Newark On Trent NG23 5NE
Received 26 Feb 2025126 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NH
Received 26 Feb 2025Betfred 16 Market Place Newark On Trent NG24 1EA
Received 26 Feb 2025The Old Vicarage Fosse Road East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QE
Received 26 Feb 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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