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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.
2,942 approved · 489 refused · 215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 2022 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off Swinderby Road South Scarle
Received 4 Nov 2025Coneygre Farm Hoveringham Lane Thurgarton NG14 7JX
Received 6 Nov 2025Newark Castle Gardens Castle Gate Newark On Trent
Received 6 Nov 2025Field Reference Number 7919 Caunton Road Hockerton
Received 6 Nov 2025Telecommunications Mast Newbury Road Newark On Trent
Received 6 Nov 2025Land Adjacent Rose Cottage Main Street North Muskham
Received 11 Nov 2025Land At Cross Lane Swinderby Road Collingham
Received 11 Nov 2025The Retreat Moor Lane East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QD
Received 11 Nov 202511 Beech Avenue Newark On Trent NG24 4DY
Received 12 Nov 2025Eden Great North Road South Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6DY
Received 12 Nov 202567 Tuxford Road Boughton Newark On Trent NG22 9HT
Received 12 Nov 2025Old Oak Cottage Sandy Lane Oxton NG25 0SJ
Received 13 Nov 202557 Whitfield Street Newark On Trent NG24 1QX
Received 10 Nov 2025Plum Tree Cottage Sunnyside Farnsfield NG22 8EG
Received 11 Nov 2025The Oaks Residential Care Home London Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BN
Received 13 Nov 2025Jubilee House Main Street Farnsfield Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG22 8EF
Received 13 Nov 20254 Manor Farm Gonalston Lane Hoveringham NG14 7JH
Received 14 Nov 2025Holly Cottage 1 The Orchard Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PL
Received 14 Nov 2025The Brownings Main Street Norwell NG23 6JN
Received 14 Nov 2025Sunnyside Swinderby Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PH
Received 14 Nov 2025Rotherwood Laxton Road Egmanton Newark On Trent NG22 0ET
Received 14 Nov 2025The Church Of St Marys Church Lane Lowdham
Received 17 Nov 2025Land At William Hall Way Fernwood
Received 17 Nov 2025Roslyn Mill Lane Caunton Newark On Trent NG23 6AJ
Received 17 Nov 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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