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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.
2,825 approved · 463 refused · 209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Rear Of Former St John Ambulance HQ Eakring Road Bilsthorpe NG22 8PY
Received 12 May 2025Thoresby Hall Hotel Thoresby Park Perlethorpe Newark On Trent NG22 9WH
Received 12 May 2025Tritax Park Newark Winthorpe Way Coddington
Received 13 May 20254 Beacon Dene Gardens Newark On Trent NG24 2UL
Received 13 May 2025Telecommunications Light Poles Fourth Avenue Edwinstowe
Received 8 May 2025Great North Road Solar And Biodiversity Park
Received 8 May 2025Land To The South Of A17/Sleaford Road
Received 9 May 2025Telecommunications Pole Greendale Avenue Edwinstowe
Received 12 May 2025School Bungalow Rainworth Water Road Rainworth NG21 0DU
Received 13 May 2025Cremorne Cottage May Lodge Drive Rufford NG22 9DE
Received 12 May 2025Beesthorpe Spinney Maplebeck Road Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AS
Received 13 May 2025Carshalton 133 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NH
Received 14 May 2025Darwin Park Pinfold Lane Elston NG23 5PD
Received 14 May 20255 Marlborough Close Newark On Trent NG24 4QP
Received 14 May 2025Land To The South East Of Bullpit Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3NA
Received 14 May 202552 Church Street Southwell NG25 0HG
Received 14 May 2025The Gables Church Lane South Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6EQ
Received 15 May 2025Trent House Main Street Fiskerton NG25 0UH
Received 15 May 2025School Cottage East Staythorpe Road Averham NG23 5RA
Received 15 May 2025Stonewell Nottingham Road Southwell NG25 0LG
Received 15 May 2025Land At Station Lane Farnsfield
Received 15 May 20257 Lavender Close Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9GB
Received 15 May 2025Winthorpe House 47 Gainsborough Road Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NN
Received 16 May 202516 The Ridgeway Farnsfield NG22 8DG
Received 16 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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