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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Newark and Sherwood District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,903 approved · 480 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 3 Sept 20253 Eastfield North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6HE
Received 5 Sept 2025The Ridings 4 Newark Road Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2QF
Received 5 Sept 2025Holiday Lodges Lindens Farm Great North Road Sutton On Trent NG23 6PL
Received 5 Sept 2025McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Lincoln Road Newark On Trent NG24 2DB
Received 5 Sept 2025Skipton Building Society 37 Stodman Street Newark On Trent NG24 1AW
Received 5 Sept 2025Murphy Pipelines Ltd Newark Road Ollerton NG22 9PZ
Received 5 Sept 2025Trentside Cottage Main Street Fiskerton NG25 0UL
Received 5 Sept 2025Ashcroft Gainsborough Road Girton Newark On Trent NG23 7HX
Received 8 Sept 2025Church Close Church Hill Bilsthorpe NG22 8RU
Received 8 Sept 2025Brookside Mickledale Lane Bilsthorpe NG22 8RD
Received 8 Sept 202512 Wakeling Close Southwell NG25 0JF
Received 8 Sept 2025Holme Lodge High Street Holme Newark On Trent NG23 7RZ
Received 8 Sept 2025Dovecote Farm Front Street Barnby In The Willows Newark On Trent NG24 2SA
Received 8 Sept 2025Hill Top Halloughton NG25 0QP
Received 8 Sept 2025The Heathers Green Lane Walesby NG22 9PA
Received 2 Sept 2025Church Farm New Hill Walesby NG22 9PB
Received 8 Sept 2025White Cottage 47 Main Street Sutton On Trent NG23 6PF
Received 8 Sept 2025Sunnyside Staythorpe Road Rolleston Newark On Trent NG23 5SG
Received 8 Sept 20252 Manor Drive Morton NG25 0UZ
Received 8 Sept 2025Tithe Barn Potter Lane Wellow NG22 0EB
Received 8 Sept 20251 Wesley House Guildhall Street Newark On Trent NG24 1UP
Received 9 Sept 2025Lodge Farm Lowdham Road Gunthorpe NG14 7ES
Received 9 Sept 2025Old Pound House 32 Main Street Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2PN
Received 9 Sept 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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