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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.
2,889 approved · 476 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
War Memorial Recreation Ground Memorial Drive Southwell
Received 30 Jul 202532 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AW
Received 31 Jul 202546 Leeway Road Southwell NG25 0BZ
Received 31 Jul 2025Bulcote Lodge Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5GU
Received 1 Aug 2025Maythorne Farm Maythorne Southwell NG25 0RS
Received 1 Aug 2025Cranfield House Church Street Southwell NG25 0HQ
Received 31 Jul 202525 Rio Drive Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NB
Received 1 Aug 2025The Residence 1 Vicars Court Church Street Southwell NG25 0HP
Received 1 Aug 2025Land Adjacent Hayside Cottage Lowfield Lane Balderton
Received 1 Aug 2025Land West Of Staythorpe Electricity Substation Staythorpe Road Staythorpe
Received 1 Aug 202510 Perlethorpe Close Edwinstowe NG21 9PU
Received 4 Aug 2025Magnolia Cottage Kirklington Road Eakring NG22 0DA
Received 4 Aug 2025The Fox Inn Public House Main Street Kelham Newark On Trent NG23 5QP
Received 4 Aug 2025The Residence 1 Vicars Court Church Street Southwell NG25 0HP
Received 1 Aug 2025Kirklington Primary School School Lane Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NG
Received 4 Aug 2025The Green Main Street Upton Nottinghamshire
Received 4 Aug 2025Norwood Park Golf Club Norwood Park Halam Road Southwell NG25 0PF
Received 4 Aug 2025Flat 1 Old Brewery Yard George Street Newark On Trent NG24 1GF
Received 1 Aug 2025Land Off St Michaels Close Halam
Received 4 Aug 2025Phase 1A - Land At Fernwood South Great North Road Fernwood
Received 4 Aug 2025Longcroft Honeyknab Lane Oxton NG25 0SX
Received 4 Aug 2025The Cottage 1 Cottage Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LJ
Received 4 Aug 2025Woodstock Quaker Lane Farnsfield NG22 8EE
Received 4 Aug 2025Grove Bungalow Barnby Road Newark On Trent NG24 2NE
Received 5 Aug 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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