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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.
3,047 approved · 516 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Former Factory 27 Woodhill Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NR
Received 14 Aug 2026Unit 4 Bowbridge Road Newark On Trent NG24 4EQ
Received 13 Aug 2026Archways Borrow Bread Lane Bleasby NG14 7GB
Received 14 Aug 2026Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Bescar Lane Ollerton NG22 9BS
Received 17 Aug 20268 South End Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LL
Received 17 Aug 20268 South End Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LL
Received 17 Aug 2026Tipples Farm Oxton Hill Southwell NG25 0RN
Received 17 Aug 2026Calverts House Westhorpe Southwell NG25 0NG
Received 17 Aug 2026Manor Cottage Low Road Besthorpe Newark On Trent NG23 7HJ
Received 17 Aug 2026Mendip House Bleasby Road Thurgarton NG14 7FW
Received 17 Aug 202611 Triumph Close Eakring NG22 0DP
Received 17 Aug 2026Land At Rufford Avenue Ollerton
Received 14 Aug 2026Hillcrest The Park Thurgarton NG14 7HA
Received 17 Aug 2026Russett House New Road Oxton NG25 0SL
Received 17 Aug 2026Telecommunications Block Terminal 25 - 26 Market Place Newark On Trent
Received 17 Aug 2026Calypso Ink Tattoo Studio 16 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1BG
Received 17 Aug 2026Calypso Ink Tattoo Studio 16 Castle Gate Newark On Trent NG24 1BG
Received 17 Aug 2026The Nook Marsh Lane North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6HG
Received 18 Aug 2026Playing Field Elm Avenue Newark On Trent
Received 18 Aug 20264 Green Way Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7DX
Received 18 Aug 202612 Floral Villas Sutton On Trent NG23 6PN
Received 14 Aug 2026Blacksmiths Cottage Main Street Norwell Newark On Trent NG23 6JN
Received 18 Aug 2026Derelict Building Adjacent Glebe Farm Kirklington Road Hockerton
Received 18 Aug 2026Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire NG21 9PS
Received 19 Aug 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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