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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.
2,900 approved · 478 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kirklington Oilfield Hockerton Road Kirklington NG22 8PB
Received 28 Aug 2025Kirklington Oilfield Hockerton Road Kirklington NG22 8PB
Received 28 Aug 2025Holly House Farm 8 Main Street Sutton On Trent NG23 6PF
Received 28 Aug 2025East Cottage Top Street Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NP
Received 28 Aug 202594 Main Street Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3NU
Received 28 Aug 2025The Elms Cotham Lane Hawton Newark On Trent NG24 3RL
Received 28 Aug 202511 Browning Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3QU
Received 28 Aug 2025Midway New Hill Walesby NG22 9PB
Received 28 Aug 2025Millfield 161 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NL
Received 29 Aug 2025Flowserve Pump Division Hawton Lane Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BU
Received 29 Aug 202527 London Road Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3AL
Received 29 Aug 2025The Old Vicarage Fosse Road East Stoke Newark On Trent NG23 5QE
Received 26 Aug 202515D Telford Drive Newark On Trent NG24 2DX
Received 21 Aug 2025Glen Holt Gainsborough Road Girton Newark On Trent NG23 7HX
Received 29 Aug 2025Hillcrest Cottage Southwell Road Thurgarton NG14 7GP
Received 1 Sept 2025Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire
Received 1 Sept 2025Galley Hill Cottage Galley Hill Road Upton Newark On Trent NG25 0PX
Received 1 Sept 2025Willoughby Lodge Green Lane Walesby NG22 9PA
Received 1 Sept 2025Holly House Farm 8 Main Street Sutton On Trent NG23 6PF
Received 1 Sept 2025The Lilacs Front Street South Clifton Newark On Trent NG23 7AA
Received 1 Sept 2025Land South Of Newark Bowbridge Lane Balderton
Received 1 Sept 202521 Farthingate Close Southwell NG25 0HU
Received 2 Sept 20251 Church Side Farnsfield NG22 8ET
Received 2 Sept 2025Lower Burgage Burgage Lane Southwell NG25 0ER
Received 27 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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