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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.
3,000 approved · 508 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fir Tree Cottage Newark Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7RD
Received 22 Apr 2026Bishops Manor Bishops Drive Southwell NG25 0JR
Received 22 Apr 2026Land South Of Dale Lane Blidworth NG21 0SU
Received 22 Apr 2026Land At Coghill Court And Westgate Southwell NG25 0LH
Received 21 Apr 2026The Manor Town Street Grassthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 6QZ
Received 22 Apr 2026Jacaranda House Middle Lane Morton NG25 0UY
Received 22 Apr 2026Bulcote Farm Old Main Road Bulcote NG14 5HA
Received 26 Mar 2026Center Parcs Ltd Sherwood Forest Holiday Village Old Rufford Road Rufford NG22 9DN
Received 23 Apr 2026Staunton Works Poultry Farm Alverton Road Staunton In The Vale NG13 9QB
Received 23 Apr 2026Broadwater House Main Street Fiskerton NG25 0XG
Received 23 Apr 2026South Muskham Prebend Church Street Southwell
Received 23 Apr 2026Grass Verge Off Sleaford Road Newark On Trent
Received 23 Apr 2026Yew Tree House Halloughton NG25 0QP
Received 23 Apr 202626 Nottingham Road Southwell NG25 0LF
Received 23 Apr 2026Grasmere 15 Palmer Road Sutton On Trent NG23 6PP
Received 24 Apr 20263 Fletcher Court Farnsfield NG22 8LY
Received 24 Apr 2026Norstead 4 Nottingham Road Southwell NG25 0LF
Received 24 Apr 2026Forest Farm House Mansfield Road Farnsfield NG22 8JB
Received 27 Apr 202656 Main Road Boughton NG22 9JD
Received 27 Apr 2026Land Off Holly Court Rolleston
Received 27 Apr 2026Field House Radley Road Halam NG22 8AH
Received 27 Apr 202650 Elizabeth Road Newark On Trent NG24 4NR
Received 27 Apr 202644 Silvey Avenue Southwell NG25 0BU
Received 27 Apr 2026Telecommunications Mast Brailwood Road Bilsthorpe
Received 24 Apr 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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