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25/01952/FUL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Erection of Four Bungalows Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Nov 2025
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Validated
20 Nov 2025
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Consultation
28 Apr 2026
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Refused
11 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 May 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Newark and Sherwood Planning Committee on 7 May 2026.

Refused by 11 votes to 2

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because housing benefits outweighed limited countryside harm and other impacts were considered acceptable.
  • Residents and other speakers raised flooding, drainage, countryside, conservation, ecology, agricultural land and footpath concerns.
  • The committee voted 11–2 to refuse permission, contrary to the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Newark and Sherwood's committee minutes of 7 May 2026.

Documents 95

Consultation & comments 63

PDF INTERESTED PARTY COMMENTS Appeal Correspondence · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENTS TO PLANNING COMMITTEE Appeal Correspondence · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM TO FINAL COMMENTS Appellant`s Case · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FINAL COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT Appellant`s Case · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NCC RIGHTS OF WAY Consultee Comment · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENTS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION OFFICER Consultee Comment · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour or Public Comment · 14 Mar 2026 View ↗
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PDF NCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENTS FROM CAUNTON PC Consultee Comment · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗
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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour or Public Comment · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗
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PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER Consultee Comment · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF CAUNTON PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗
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PDF 25 01787 DISCON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES - CONTAMINATED LAND Consultee Comment · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗
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PDF RESPONSE FROM AGENT TO RIGHTS OF WAY OFFICER COMMENTS Support Information · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗
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PDF NCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗
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PDF COMMENTS FROM NCC RIGHTS OF WAY Consultee Comment · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗
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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project 570 m away: Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park
The site is 570 m from the project boundary. Generating station, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision. Also within 2 km: H2East Pipeline: Humber to Nottinghamshire (at pre-application, 256 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Conservation area 53 m away: Caunton.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Received
19 Nov 2025
Validated
20 Nov 2025
Ward
Muskham
Parish
Caunton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
11 May 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
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Agent
GraceMachin Planning & Property - Mr George Machin

How this decision compares

Decided in 172 days from validation, 113 days slower than Newark and Sherwood's median of 59 for full applications. Refused, as 5% of full applications here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
376decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Newark and Sherwood in the last twelve months, from validation. Newark and Sherwood decision record →

Public comments

7comments received
7 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

42 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14495143
Planning Portal ref
PP-14495143
Consultation
28 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Newark and Sherwood
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#198 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Newark and Sherwood decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #88 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #55 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #241 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #244 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
33 decided
767
Total decisions
63 refused in the year to March 2026