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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.
2,857 approved · 468 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Balderton Hospital Great North Road Fernwood
Received 2 Jul 2025Land At Fernwood Meadows South Great North Road Fernwood
Received 2 Jul 2025Flossie And Boo 19 Market Place Newark On Trent NG24 1EA
Received 3 Jul 2025Flossie And Boo 19 Market Place Newark On Trent NG24 1EA
Received 3 Jul 20256 Hill Vue Avenue Newark On Trent NG24 1PQ
Received 1 Jul 2025Rose Cottage 34 Lovers Lane Newark On Trent NG24 1HU
Received 1 Jul 2025Land At 35 Beacon Hill Road Newark On Trent
Received 3 Jul 2025Former Lilley And Stone High School London Road Newark On Trent
Received 4 Aug 2025Littledale Cottage Farm Mansfield Road Halam Newark On Trent NG22 8AY
Received 3 Jul 2025Land At Former Factory 27 Woodhill Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NR
Received 3 Jul 202573 King Street Southwell NG25 0EH
Received 3 Jul 2025Desman Engineering Ltd Burma Road Blidworth NG21 0RT
Received 1 Jul 2025Land South Of Dale Lane Blidworth NG21 0SU
Received 3 Jul 202532 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AW
Received 3 Jul 2025Rozavel Maida Lane Ollerton NG22 9AF
Received 4 Jul 202521 London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1TN
Received 4 Jul 2025Solar Farm Access Point Kirklington Road Bilsthorpe
Received 4 Jul 2025Park Croft Staythorpe Road Averham Newark On Trent NG23 5RA
Received 4 Jul 2025Tritax Park Newark Winthorpe Way Coddington
Received 4 Jul 2025Land Reference Number 2587 Oxton Hill Southwell NG25 0RN
Received 4 Jul 2025Inspired Site Services Ltd Inspired House Brailwood Close Bilsthorpe Newark On Trent NG22 8UG
Received 4 Jul 2025Inspired Site Services Ltd Inspired House Brailwood Close Bilsthorpe Newark On Trent NG22 8UG
Received 4 Jul 202517 Manor Close Bleasby NG14 7GE
Received 4 Jul 202517 Riverside Southwell NG25 0HA
Received 4 Jul 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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