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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.
2,963 approved · 498 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Farm House Main Street Epperstone NG14 6AU
Received 12 Jan 2026Old Mill House Station Road Fiskerton NG25 0UG
Received 12 Jan 20268 The Stable Yard Priory Road Thurgarton NG14 7GX
Received 12 Jan 2026Land At Fernwood Meadows South Great North Road Fernwood
Received 12 Jan 2026Land Off Church Circle Briar Road Ollerton
Received 12 Jan 2026North Acre Southwell Road Thurgarton NG14 7GP
Received 13 Jan 2026Telecommunications Cabinet Burma Road Blidworth
Received 12 Jan 2026Telecommunications Cabinet Mansfield Road Clipstone
Received 12 Jan 2026Telcommunications Cabinet Outside Nisa Local Southwell Road East Rainworth
Received 12 Jan 2026Minster Veterinary Surgery Orchard Lodge Newark Road Southwell NG25 0ES
Received 13 Jan 2026Minster Veterinary Surgery Orchard Lodge Newark Road Southwell NG25 0ES
Received 13 Jan 20265 The Riddings Southwell NG25 0BD
Received 13 Jan 2026Pine Lodge 5 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LW
Received 13 Jan 2026Potter Hill Farm Cottage Fosse Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7QA
Received 13 Jan 2026Potter Hill Farm Cottage Fosse Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7QA
Received 13 Jan 2026The Renaissance At Kelham Hall Main Street Kelham Newark On Trent NG23 5QX
Received 14 Jan 2026Orchard Cottage 139 Westgate Southwell NG25 0LS
Received 14 Jan 2026Sherbrooke Station Road Fiskerton NG25 0UG
Received 14 Jan 2026Old Hall 1 Church Street Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SW
Received 14 Jan 2026Field House Radley Road Halam NG22 8AH
Received 15 Jan 2026Sutherland House 6 Tudor Oaks Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NW
Received 15 Jan 202679 Riverside Road Newark On Trent NG24 4RL
Received 15 Jan 2026Land At Hargon Lane Winthorpe
Received 15 Jan 2026Bulcote Farm Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 15 Jan 2026Records 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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