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.
3,012 approved · 509 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Checkers Farm Priory Road Thurgarton NG14 7GU
Received 27 May 2026Palace Theatre 16 - 18 Appleton Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1JY
Received 27 May 202697 Farndon Road Newark On Trent NG24 4SQ
Received 27 May 20265 Warrands Close Southwell NG25 0NT
Received 27 May 2026The Anchor 80 Main Street Gunthorpe NG14 7EU
Received 27 May 2026First House Beck Street Thurgarton NG14 7HB
Received 27 May 2026Land South Of Staythorpe Road Staythorpe
Received 27 May 2026Field Ref No 7058 School Lane Norwell
Received 27 May 2026Inkersall Grange Farm Inkersall Grange Road Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire
Received 28 May 2026Vine Cottage Quaker Lane Farnsfield NG22 8EE
Received 28 May 2026The Manor House 45 Main Street Sutton On Trent NG23 6PF
Received 27 May 2026Land To The Rear Of 74 And 76 Fosse Road Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 4ST
Received 27 May 202642 The Ropewalk Southwell NG25 0AJ
Received 28 May 202673 Valley Prospect Newark On Trent NG24 4QN
Received 27 May 2026Land At Fernwood South Nottinghamshire
Received 28 May 2026Land At Fernwood South Claypole Lane Fernwood
Received 28 May 202611 Tudor Oaks Elston Newark On Trent NG23 5NW
Received 28 May 2026Parish Church Of St Mary Magdalene Church Street Newark On Trent
Received 28 May 2026Holly Croft Church Lane Morton NG25 0UR
Received 29 May 2026Harvey Select Cars Unit 5 Hawton Business Park Hawton Lane Balderton Newark On Trent NG24 3BU
Received 29 May 2026Merton Cottage Main Street Fiskerton NG25 0UL
Received 29 May 20263 - 7 Church Street Southwell NG25 0HQ
Received 29 May 2026Land Off Mansfield Road Clipstone
Received 29 May 202644 Kirk Gate Newark On Trent Nottinghamshire NG24 1AB
Received 1 Jun 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