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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.
2,911 approved · 480 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Cottage Priory Road Thurgarton NG14 7GU
Received 17 Sept 2025Land South Of Dale Lane Blidworth NG21 0SU
Received 17 Sept 20253 Parliament Street Newark On Trent NG24 4UR
Received 17 Sept 2025North Acre Southwell Road Thurgarton NG14 7GP
Received 17 Sept 2025Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire
Received 17 Sept 20255 Canary Grove Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9WT
Received 17 Sept 2025Land Off Coronation Street Balderton
Received 11 Sept 2025Telecommunications Poles Walesby Lane And Holly Rise Ollerton
Received 12 Sept 2025Telecommunications Pole WP2 Holly Rise Ollerton
Received 12 Sept 2025Telecommunications Pole WP1 Oak Avenue Blidworth
Received 12 Sept 2025Telecommuncations Pole WP1 Walesby Lane Ollerton
Received 12 Sept 2025Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire NG21 9PS
Received 17 Sept 202554 Westhorpe Southwell NG25 0NG
Received 18 Sept 2025165 Hawton Road Newark On Trent NG24 4QG
Received 18 Sept 20253 Parliament Street Newark On Trent NG24 4UR
Received 18 Sept 2025Old Stores Cottage Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PA
Received 18 Sept 2025Old Stores Cottage Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5PA
Received 18 Sept 2025Minster Office The Minster Centre Church Street Southwell NG25 0HD
Received 18 Sept 2025Collingham Railway Station Station Road Collingham
Received 18 Sept 2025Nottinghamshire Fire And Rescue Service Southwell Fire Station Newark Road Southwell NG25 0ES
Received 18 Sept 2025Newark And Sherwood District Council Sherwood House Farrar Close Newark On Trent NG24 2EQ
Received 18 Sept 2025St Mary's Church Church Street Edwinstowe
Received 18 Sept 202535 Lambley Road Lowdham NG14 7AZ
Received 19 Sept 2025Cedar House Bathley Lane Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JS
Received 19 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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