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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.
2,943 approved · 489 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The Rear Of Home Farm Barn Winkburn
Received 14 Nov 2025Denham House Back Lane Morton NG25 0UU
Received 17 Nov 2025Bulcote Farm Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 17 Nov 2025Bulcote Farm Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 17 Nov 2025Highfields School London Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3AL
Received 17 Nov 2025Land Off Cross Lane Fernwood Business Park Fernwood
Received 18 Nov 2025Land Off William Hall Way Fernwood
Received 18 Nov 2025St Giles Cottage 1 Church Street Ollerton NG22 9AB
Received 18 Nov 2025The Old Exchange 35 Gainsborough Road Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NN
Received 18 Nov 202532 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AW
Received 18 Nov 2025Land To The Rear Of Mill Lane Caunton
Received 19 Nov 2025Brickyard Cottage Micklebarrow Hill Averham Newark On Trent NG23 5RT
Received 19 Nov 2025Plots Farm Newark Road Barnby In The Willows Newark On Trent NG24 2SJ
Received 19 Nov 202517 Robert Dukeson Avenue Newark On Trent NG24 2FF
Received 19 Nov 2025150 Beacon Hill Road Newark On Trent NG24 2JJ
Received 17 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To A46 Newark
Received 17 Nov 2025Kirklington Hall Main Street Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NB
Received 18 Nov 20259 Kennedy Rise Walesby NG22 9NN
Received 19 Nov 202510 The Drive Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NX
Received 19 Nov 2025Telecommunications Pole New Road Bilsthorpe
Received 18 Nov 2025Hillcrest Cottage Southwell Road Thurgarton NG14 7GP
Received 20 Nov 2025Newfield Dairy Ice Cream Parlour And Cafe Newfield Farm Caunton Road Hockerton Southwell NG25 0PN
Received 19 Nov 2025Land To The Rear Of 2 - 18 Collinson Lane Fernwood
Received 20 Nov 202520 Blenheim Avenue Lowdham NG14 7WD
Received 20 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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