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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.
2,981 approved · 501 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Station Road Harby
Received 3 Mar 2026Oak Field House Chapel Lane Epperstone NG14 6AQ
Received 3 Mar 2026Land At Old Main Road Bulcote
Received 2 Mar 2026Elmfield House Burgage Southwell NG25 0EP
Received 3 Mar 20262 Cornwall Drive Ollerton NG22 9AJ
Received 3 Mar 2026Land East Of Newark Road Ollerton
Received 3 Mar 2026110 Westgate Southwell NG25 0LT
Received 4 Mar 2026Rose Cottage Mansfield Road Farnsfield NG22 8HG
Received 4 Mar 2026Telecommunications Poles The Old Stable Yard Winthorpe Road Newark On Trent
Received 3 Mar 2026South Hill House Nottingham Road Southwell NG25 0QE
Received 4 Mar 2026Hockerton House Hockerton Road Hockerton Southwell NG25 0PP
Received 4 Mar 2026Land Off Mansfield Road Clipstone
Received 4 Mar 2026Land Off Mansfield Road Clipstone
Received 4 Mar 2026St Giles Church Hall 43 Main Street Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3LN
Received 4 Mar 2026Center Parcs Ltd Sherwood Forest Holiday Village Old Rufford Road Rufford NG22 9DN
Received 5 Mar 2026Field House Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 5 Mar 2026The Dukeries Academy Whinney Lane Ollerton NG22 9TH
Received 5 Mar 2026Dean Fairhurst Bespoke Kitchens And Interiors The Dutch Barn Great North Road Carlton On Trent NG23 6NL
Received 5 Mar 20263 Mulberry Close Newark On Trent NG24 2UB
Received 5 Mar 2026Trent View Ferry Lane Carlton On Trent Newark On Trent NG23 6NR
Received 6 Mar 2026Holly Cottage Priory Road Thurgarton NG14 7GU
Received 6 Mar 20265 Cromwell View Balderton Lane Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2QD
Received 6 Mar 2026Honeysuckle House Bathley Lane Little Carlton Newark On Trent NG23 6BY
Received 6 Mar 2026Land Off Mansfield Road Clipstone
Received 6 Mar 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.
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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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