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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.
2,968 approved · 498 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shawfield Main Street Bleasby NG14 7FU
Received 15 Jan 2026Holly House 91 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NG
Received 15 Jan 2026Manor Barn 1 Manor Farm Rise Wellow NG22 0ER
Received 15 Jan 202627 Farndon Road Newark On Trent NG24 4SQ
Received 15 Jan 2026Telecommunications WP1 Station Road Lowdham
Received 15 Jan 202611 The Spinney Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NT
Received 15 Jan 2026Land West Of Eakring Road Bilsthorpe
Received 13 Jan 20261 Hopewell Rise Southwell NG25 0NX
Received 16 Jan 20261 Hopewell Rise Southwell NG25 0NX
Received 16 Jan 2026Field Reference Number 4471 Bleasby Road Fiskerton
Received 16 Jan 2026Wings East School Main Street Kirklington NG22 8NB
Received 16 Jan 202631 Beacon Hill Road Newark On Trent NG24 2JH
Received 16 Jan 20265 Elm Tree Rise Kneesall Newark On Trent NG22 0BE
Received 16 Jan 2026Rock House Newark Road Wellow NG22 0EA
Received 19 Jan 202611 Hounsfield Way Sutton On Trent NG23 6PX
Received 19 Jan 2026Holly Byre Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PA
Received 20 Jan 2026Land South Of Dale Lane Blidworth NG21 0SU
Received 20 Jan 2026Field Reference No 1608 Dale Lane Blidworth
Received 20 Jan 2026Hall Farm School Lane East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QL
Received 20 Jan 2026Orchard House 15 Westgate Mews Southwell Nottinghamshire NG25 0LL
Received 19 Jan 2026Pine Lodge 5 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LW
Received 20 Jan 2026Manor Farm 7 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LW
Received 20 Jan 2026Pelham Street Car Park Pelham Street Newark On Trent
Received 21 Jan 20265 Wigsley Road Harby Newark On Trent NG23 7EF
Received 21 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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