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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.
2,982 approved · 502 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A Oaklands Close Collingham NG23 7RQ
Received 6 Mar 2026Hydrogen Pipeline Great North Road Newark On Trent
Received 6 Mar 2026Land At Babthorpe Upton
Received 5 Mar 202627 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1BA
Received 6 Mar 2026Land At Former Factory 27 Woodhill Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NR
Received 6 Mar 202615 Wordsworth Drive Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3QY
Received 9 Mar 2026Ashford House Halloughton NG25 0QP
Received 9 Mar 202627 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1BA
Received 9 Mar 202627 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1BA
Received 9 Mar 2026The Old Dairy Gonalston Nottingham NG14 7JA
Received 5 Mar 2026Taylor Motor Group 120 Farndon Road Newark On Trent NG24 4SW
Received 9 Mar 2026Ashcroft Gainsborough Road Girton Newark On Trent NG23 7HX
Received 9 Mar 2026Sycamore Corner Potter Lane Wellow NG22 0EB
Received 9 Mar 20266 Rivermead Newark On Trent NG24 4QT
Received 9 Mar 20266 Temperance Lane Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LU
Received 9 Mar 20262 Birkland Drive Edwinstowe NG21 9LU
Received 10 Mar 2026Plum Tree Barn Main Street Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NL
Received 10 Mar 2026Blidworth Welfare And Social Centre Mansfield Road Blidworth NG21 0LR
Received 10 Mar 20266 Vicarage Close Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PQ
Received 10 Mar 20261 Front Street Barnby In The Willows Newark On Trent NG24 2SA
Received 6 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Hockerton Moor Farmhouse Hockerton Road Kirklington Newark NG22 8PD
Received 10 Mar 2026Telecommunications Mast O2 9795 Burma Road Blidworth
Received 10 Mar 2026Staythorpe Power Station Staythorpe Road Staythorpe Newark On Trent NG23 5PS
Received 9 Mar 2026Zimaru Trent Close North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6HA
Received 9 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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