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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.
2,896 approved · 478 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Lansbury Road Edwinstowe NG21 9QJ
Received 11 Aug 2025Field Reference Number 9291 Ricket Lane Blidworth
Received 13 Aug 2025Long House Chapel Lane Epperstone NG14 6AE
Received 13 Aug 2025Wingroves Cottage Main Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HR
Received 13 Aug 2025Bulcote Lodge Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5GU
Received 13 Aug 2025Palace Theatre 16 - 18 Appleton Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1JY
Received 5 Aug 2025Newfield Dairy Ice Cream Parlour And Cafe Newfield Farm Caunton Road Hockerton Southwell NG25 0PN
Received 13 Aug 2025West View Tippings Lane Farnsfield NG22 8EP
Received 14 Aug 2025The Oaks Residential Care Home London Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BN
Received 14 Aug 2025Ferry Lane Farm Carlton Ferry Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LY
Received 14 Aug 2025Center Parcs Ltd Sherwood Forest Holiday Village Old Rufford Road Rufford NG22 9DN
Received 14 Aug 2025Tigh Abaid The Old Vicarage Holme Lane Langford Newark On Trent NG23 7RT
Received 14 Aug 2025Ivy Lodge 5 Old Hall Close Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3SQ
Received 14 Aug 2025The Mount Annex Lincoln College Mount Lane Newark On Trent NG24 1JT
Received 14 Aug 20257 Winstanley Drive Newark On Trent NG24 2GD
Received 15 Aug 20252 Gainsborough Road Winthorpe Newark On Trent NG24 2NN
Received 15 Aug 2025Springfield House 23 Farndon Road Newark On Trent NG24 4SB
Received 15 Aug 2025Land At Former Factory 27 Woodhill Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NR
Received 15 Aug 2025Hill Farm Cottage Caunton Road Bathley Newark On Trent NG23 6DN
Received 18 Aug 202510 Greenwood Avenue Edwinstowe NG21 9QL
Received 18 Aug 2025Field Reference Number 1587 Main Street Caythorpe
Received 18 Aug 2025Slacks Farmhouse Low Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HJ
Received 18 Aug 2025Palace Theatre 16 - 18 Appleton Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1JY
Received 18 Aug 20252 Forest Villas Main Street Oxton NG25 0SD
Received 18 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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