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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.
2,774 approved · 443 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park Croft Staythorpe Road Averham Newark On Trent NG23 5RA
Received 10 Mar 2025Woodside View Alverton Road Staunton In The Vale Newark On Trent NG13 9QB
Received 10 Mar 2025Willow Farm Nottingham Road Lowdham NG14 7AN
Received 10 Mar 202595 Kingfisher Way Ollerton Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG22 9DW
Received 10 Mar 2025St Swithin's Church Potter Lane Wellow
Received 10 Mar 2025The White House South Scarle Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NU
Received 10 Mar 2025The Old Vicarage Fosse Road East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QE
Received 10 Mar 202517 Farthingate Close Southwell NG25 0HU
Received 10 Mar 202565 Church Street Southwell NG25 0HQ
Received 10 Mar 2025Former W B Stubbs Building Mills Drive Newark On Trent
Received 10 Mar 2025Land North Of Halloughton Southwell
Received 10 Mar 2025Elston Grange Brecks Lane Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PP
Received 11 Mar 2025The Croft 53 Main Street Upton Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG23 5SY
Received 10 Mar 2025The Old Cottage 56 Kirklington Road Bilsthorpe NG22 8SS
Received 10 Mar 20259 The Paddocks Newark On Trent NG24 1SS
Received 11 Mar 2025Manor Lodge 3A The Spinney Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PE
Received 11 Mar 2025Kelso Far Back Lane Farnsfield NG22 8JX
Received 12 Mar 2025Brookside Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7EP
Received 12 Mar 2025Westholme 38 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LS
Received 12 Mar 2025Collingham Railway Station Station Road Collingham
Received 12 Mar 2025Collingham Railway Station Station Road Collingham
Received 12 Mar 2025Land Off Mill Gate Newark On Trent
Received 12 Mar 2025West Hall And East Hall Main Street Bleasby NG14 7GH
Received 12 Mar 2025Prospect House Latimer Way Ollerton
Received 12 Mar 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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