Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
2,976 approved · 499 refused · 220 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Church Farm Moorhouse Road Moorhouse Newark On Trent NG23 6LU
Received 20 Feb 20261 Wakeling Close Southwell NG25 0JF
Received 20 Feb 202669 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1BE
Received 19 Feb 202665A London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1RZ
Received 20 Feb 202646 Meadow Road Blidworth NG21 0PS
Received 23 Feb 2026Thoresby Vale Enabling Works Ollerton Road Edwinstowe
Received 23 Feb 2026The Slipway Mackleys Lane North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6EY
Received 23 Feb 2026Rectory Farm Top Street Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NP
Received 23 Feb 2026Hesketh House 84 Victoria Street Newark On Trent NG24 4UF
Received 23 Feb 2026J Devos And Sons Joinery Works Low Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Land Off Bilsthorpe Road Eakring
Received 23 Feb 2026Old Forge 2A Burgage Lane Southwell NG25 0ER
Received 23 Feb 2026Lavender House Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 24 Feb 202610 Elston Hall Top Street Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NP
Received 24 Feb 202610 Elston Hall Top Street Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NP
Received 24 Feb 2026Apple Tree Barn Chapel Lane Epperstone NG14 6AQ
Received 24 Feb 2026Streetworks Base Station Installation 117191 Meering Avenue Newark On Trent
Received 23 Feb 2026Boughton Pumping Station Partnership Trust Brake Lane Boughton NG22 9HQ
Received 24 Feb 20268 South End Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LL
Received 24 Feb 2026Hillside Barn Eakring Road Kneesall NG22 0AG
Received 25 Feb 2026The Hollies Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 25 Feb 2026Bilsthorpe Methodist Church Valley Road Bilsthorpe NG22 8QH
Received 25 Feb 2026Telecommunications Mast NOT0037 Galley Hill Road Upton NG25 0PX
Received 24 Feb 2026Telecommunications Mast (O2) At Corner House Farm Hawton Lane Farndon
Received 24 Feb 2026Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage