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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.
2,855 approved · 468 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Butts Meadow Mansfield Road Farnsfield NG22 8HH
Received 30 Jun 2025Woodside View Alverton Road Staunton In The Vale Newark On Trent NG13 9QB
Received 30 Jun 202540 Ollerton Road Edwinstowe NG21 9QG
Received 30 Jun 2025Pepperbox Cottage School Lane Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AD
Received 30 Jun 2025Rectory Farm Top Street Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NP
Received 30 Jun 2025The Old Vicarage High Street Laxton Newark On Trent NG22 0NX
Received 30 Jun 2025Rear Of Vere House 4 Willoughby Court Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Walnut Tree House Forest Road Oxton NG25 0SZ
Received 30 Jun 2025The Whimbrels Goverton Bleasby NG14 7FN
Received 30 Jun 202529 Crafts Way Southwell NG25 0BL
Received 30 Jun 20251 White Lion Yard Main Street Blidworth NG21 0QD
Received 30 Jun 2025Mill Farm Gonalston Lane Hoveringham NG14 7JJ
Received 30 Jun 2025WHSmith 36 - 40 Market Place Newark On Trent NG24 1EG
Received 30 Jun 2025Mulberry House Enfield Court Harby NG23 7EP
Received 1 Jul 2025Rose Garth Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 1 Jul 2025Hunters Hill Farm Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7DF
Received 1 Jul 2025Field Reference Number 6662 Great North Road Cromwell
Received 1 Jul 2025Apple Croft House Plough Lane Lowdham NG14 7AT
Received 27 Jun 2025Land Off Eakring Road Bilsthorpe
Received 1 Jul 2025Former Lilley And Stone High School London Road Newark On Trent
Received 2 Jul 2025Former Lilley And Stone High School London Road Newark On Trent
Received 2 Jul 2025Substation Bescar Lane Ollerton
Received 27 Jun 2025Applewood Cottage Wyke Lane Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SP
Received 30 Jun 2025The Laurels Main Street Epperstone NG14 6AU
Received 24 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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