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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2,968 approved · 498 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ash Close Honeyknab Lane Oxton NG25 0SX
Received 21 Jan 2026Priory Dumble Priory Road Thurgarton NG14 7GT
Received 21 Jan 2026Penn Cottage New Road Oxton NG25 0SL
Received 15 Jan 20268 Manor Walk Epperstone NG14 6RP
Received 21 Jan 2026Trentholme Farm Back Lane North Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AS
Received 21 Jan 2026Cedar Lodge Whitemoor Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7QH
Received 21 Jan 2026Cedar Lodge Whitemoor Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7QH
Received 21 Jan 202643 Mansfield Road Clipstone NG21 9AP
Received 20 Jan 2026Agricultural Barn Hockerton Road Kirklington
Received 22 Jan 2026Old Grange Farm Silver Street Grassthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 6QZ
Received 22 Jan 2026Bramley Cottage Tippings Lane Farnsfield NG228EP
Received 22 Jan 2026Land Off Nottingham Road Bulcote
Received 22 Jan 2026Land At Burgage Lane Southwell
Received 22 Jan 202678 Swinderby Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PB
Received 22 Jan 2026Nurses Cottage Ferry Lane Carlton On Trent Newark On Trent NG23 6NR
Received 23 Jan 2026Murphy Pipelines Ltd Newark Road Ollerton NG22 9PZ
Received 23 Jan 202630 Boy Lane Edwinstowe NG21 9RA
Received 23 Jan 2026Sports Ground Walesby Lane Ollerton NG22 9UT
Received 23 Jan 2026The Old Vicarage Main Street Maplebeck Newark On Trent NG22 0BS
Received 26 Jan 2026Chestnuts 5 Trentside Gunthorpe NG14 7FB
Received 26 Jan 2026St Swithin's Church Potter Lane Wellow
Received 26 Jan 2026Nottinghamshire Fire And Rescue Service Southwell Fire Station Newark Road Southwell NG25 0ES
Received 26 Jan 202616 Cawthorne Close Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7SU
Received 26 Jan 2026Blidworth Farm Lodge Main Street Blidworth NG21 0QH
Received 26 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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