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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.
2,853 approved · 468 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gorse House 2 Gorse View Staythorpe Road Rolleston Newark On Trent NG23 5SA
Received 18 Jun 2025Hill Crest House 238 Beacon Hill Road Newark On Trent NG24 2JP
Received 18 Jun 202570 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LS
Received 18 Jun 2025Glen Holt Gainsborough Road Girton Newark On Trent NG23 7HX
Received 18 Jun 2025Mole End Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 19 Jun 2025Land Off Blenheim Avenue Lowdham NG14 7WD
Received 17 Jun 2025Meadow View Old Chapel Lane Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NY
Received 18 Jun 20256 Easthorpe Southwell NG25 0HY
Received 19 Jun 2025The Chestnuts Back Street South Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AF
Received 20 Jun 2025Trent Valley Equestrian Centre Occupation Lane Fiskerton NG25 0TR
Received 20 Jun 2025The Cottages 63-73 Fiskerton Road Southwell NG25 0TH
Received 18 Jun 2025The Hall Main Street South Scarle Newark On Trent NG23 7JH
Received 20 Jun 2025Rufford Abbey Country Park Old Rufford Road Rufford
Received 20 Jun 2025Center Parcs Ltd Sherwood Forest Holiday Village Old Rufford Road Rufford NG22 9DN
Received 20 Jun 2025Land At The Paddocks Halloughton
Received 20 Jun 20251 Fourth Avenue Clipstone NG21 9DQ
Received 20 Jun 2025Stonecroft Gibsmere Bleasby NG14 7FS
Received 20 Jun 2025Redroofs Farm Yard Great North Road Weston NG23 6TS
Received 23 Jun 2025Janik Main Street Farnsfield Nottinghamshire NG22 8EF
Received 23 Jun 2025The Heathers Green Lane Walesby NG22 9PA
Received 12 Jun 2025Clyde House 23 Westgate Southwell NG25 0JN
Received 20 Jun 2025Church Of The Holy Cross Main Street Epperstone
Received 24 Jun 2025The Orchards Main Street Blidworth NG21 0QH
Received 23 Jun 2025Land At Main Street Hoveringham
Received 23 Jun 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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