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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.
3,009 approved · 509 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
OS 83 Springfield Road Southwell NG25 0BS
Received 14 May 2026Intake Wood Portland Way Clipstone
Received 15 May 2026114 Lower Kirklington Road Southwell NG25 0DP
Received 14 May 2026104 Lower Kirklington Road Southwell NG25 0DP
Received 14 May 2026Mitali Back Lane Barnby In The Willows Newark On Trent NG24 2SD
Received 15 May 2026Land At Springfield Road, Lower Kirklington Road And Ridgeway Southwell
Received 14 May 2026The Elms Cotham Lane Hawton Newark On Trent NG24 3RL
Received 15 May 202655 Mill Gate Newark On Trent NG24 4TU
Received 18 May 2026Kingfisher Cottage 67E Church Street Southwell NG25 0HQ
Received 18 May 2026Knoll Cottage Main Street Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JN
Received 18 May 20261 Third Avenue Edwinstowe NG21 9NU
Received 18 May 2026Land At New Lane, Girton And Church Lane, South Scarle
Received 18 May 2026Lin Cottage Main Street Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8ND
Received 18 May 2026Rectory Cottage Church Lane Averham Newark On Trent NG23 5RB
Received 18 May 2026Chapel House Main Street Hoveringham NG14 7JR
Received 18 May 2026Sherwood Restorations Ltd Upton Road Southwell NG25 0QB
Received 19 May 2026Red Roofs Waltons Lane North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6EU
Received 19 May 2026Stream Side Stables Lowdham Road Gunthorpe
Received 19 May 2026Corner Cottage Top Road Blidworth NG21 0NR
Received 19 May 202643 Bancroft Road Newark On Trent NG24 1SF
Received 19 May 2026The Jays Great North Road South Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6DY
Received 20 May 2026Old Volunteer Public House 61 Caythorpe Road Caythorpe NG14 7EB
Received 20 May 2026The Garden House Main Street Oxton NG25 0SA
Received 20 May 2026Fleet Farm High Street Girton Newark On Trent NG23 7JA
Received 21 May 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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