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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.
3,053 approved · 517 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Thoresby Colliery Ollerton Road Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire NG21 9PS
Received 19 Aug 2026Barnby Hall Front Street Barnby In The Willows NG24 2SA
Received 19 Aug 2026Dairy Barn Oxton Hill Farm Oxton Hill Southwell NG25 0RB
Received 19 Aug 2026Church Cottage 6 South End Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LL
Received 19 Aug 2026Former Lilley And Stone High School London Road Newark On Trent NG24 1TW
Received 19 Aug 2026Orchard House 5 Bradleys Lane Hoveringham NG14 7JG
Received 20 Aug 2026Land Off Main Road Boughton Newark New Ollerton
Received 20 Aug 202616 Swinderby Road Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7PH
Received 20 Aug 202620 Syerston Way Newark On Trent NG24 2SU
Received 20 Aug 2026Former Winner City Cantonese Restaurant White Post Farnsfield NG22 8JD
Received 20 Aug 2026British Telecom Telephone Exchange Lombard Street Newark On Trent NG24 1XG
Received 21 Aug 2026St Edmunds Grange Green Lane Walesby NG22 9PA
Received 21 Aug 2026The Thatched Cottage 19 High Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LA
Received 21 Aug 2026Millfield 161 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7NL
Received 24 Aug 2026The Orchard Middle Lane Morton Southwell NG25 0UY
Received 25 Aug 20264 Marrison Court Farndon Newark On Trent NG24 3UJ
Received 25 Aug 2026Pine Lodge 5 Low Street Collingham Newark On Trent NG23 7LW
Received 25 Aug 2026The Paddocks Southwell Road Kirklington Newark On Trent NG22 8NF
Received 25 Aug 2026Maun Infant And Nursery School Walesby Lane Ollerton Newark On Trent NG22 9RJ
Received 25 Aug 2026Fernwood Agriculture Ltd Checkers Farm Driveway Priory Road Thurgarton NG14 7GU
Received 25 Aug 2026Parklands Paddock 15 Parklands Close Coddington Newark On Trent NG24 2RE
Received 24 Aug 2026Halfway Cottage 112 Caythorpe Road Caythorpe Nottingham NG14 7EB
Received 25 Aug 2026Camp Site Lurcher Farm Cottage Mansfield Road Farnsfield Newark On Trent NG22 8HY
Received 18 Aug 202623 Miners Close Bilsthorpe Newark On Trent NG22 8GH
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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