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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.
2,819 approved · 462 refused · 208 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Churchfield Care Home Churchfield Drive Rainworth Mansfield NG21 0BJ
Received 28 Apr 2025Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe
Received 28 Apr 2025Land Rear Of The Vineries Lower Kirklington Road Southwell
Received 28 Apr 2025Land Rear Of The Vineries Lower Kirklington Road Southwell
Received 28 Apr 2025Land At Kersall Road Maplebeck
Received 22 Apr 202527 Farthingate Close Southwell NG25 0HU
Received 28 Apr 2025Hardwick House Queen Street Southwell NG25 0AA
Received 29 Apr 2025Manton Cottage 49 Westhorpe Southwell NG25 0NE
Received 29 Apr 2025Park View House 28 Westgate Southwell NG25 0JH
Received 29 Apr 2025Nursery Cottage Southwell Road Farnsfield NG22 8EB
Received 29 Apr 202510 Kingfield Close Rainworth NG21 0FD
Received 29 Apr 20257 Birchwood Park Southwell Road East Rainworth NG21 0BS
Received 29 Apr 2025Holly Cottage 12 Main Street Upton Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG23 5ST
Received 30 Apr 202563A London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1RZ
Received 29 Apr 2025Lowdham Cars Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7ER
Received 30 Apr 2025Land Adjacent The Old Forge Great North Road Cromwell
Received 30 Apr 2025Land At Lindens Farm Great North Road Sutton On Trent
Received 28 Apr 2025Hunters Hill Farm Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7DF
Received 30 Apr 2025Upton House 80 Main Street Upton Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG23 5TE
Received 30 Apr 2025Cranford Warsop Lane Rainworth NG21 0AD
Received 30 Apr 202535 Walesby Lane Ollerton NG22 9RB
Received 1 May 2025Wheatley House Wheatley Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7QG
Received 1 May 2025Karian Trent Lane Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HL
Received 30 Apr 2025School Farm High Street Laxton NG22 0NX
Received 1 May 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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