Land Adjacent Orchard Cottage Kirklington Road Hockerton NG25 0PJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for permission in principle for a minimum of 1 dwelling and maximum of 5 dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 9 Jun 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Newark and Sherwood Planning Committee on 4 Jun 2026.
Refused by 7 votes to 4
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers advised approval because the location, land use and number of homes were acceptable in principle, subject to later technical details.
- The committee refused permission in principle after rejecting approval, citing location and quantum, open countryside and highway concerns.
Source: Plota analysis of Newark and Sherwood's committee minutes of 4 Jun 2026.
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 7
Other documents 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Newark and Sherwood
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Postcode
- NG25 0PJ
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Southwell
- Parish
- Hockerton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- GPS Planning and Design LTD
How this decision compares
Decided in 75 days from validation, 11 days slower than Newark and Sherwood's median of 64 for new homes. Refused, as 14% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by Newark and Sherwood in the last twelve months, from validation. Newark and Sherwood decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 27 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Newark and Sherwood is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #241 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
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