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Affordable Housing SPD
The Affordable Housing SPD (PDF File, 786kb) was adopted by the Council in July 2013. It provides more details about how the planning system will help secure the provision of affordable housing in the District and when affordable housing will be ...
Housing Strategy - Neighbourhood and housing strategy
In line with our core strategies and Community Plan, we have created a new housing strategy (PDF File, 965kb) for the period 2023-2028. The new strategy is developed to include action plans that cover national, regional and local policies and law. It...
Homelessness interagency forum - Losing your home
The Homelessness Interagency Forum meet four times per year and is jointly run by Newark and Sherwood, Ashfield and Mansfield District Councils. Local organisations are encouraged to attend as the aim is to review and develop our Homeless Strategy Ac...
Amended core strategy DPD
Our Amended Core Strategy DPD (PDF File, 15,555kb) sets out the big issues that the Council and our public and private sector partners need to address over the next twenty years in our district. The document is a key part of the (LDF) and sets a vi...
Transport and Infrastructure - Amended core strategy examination library
INF/01 Infrastructure Delivery Plan February 2017 (PDF File, 13,729kb)INF/02 Infrastructure Funding Gap Review Report (PDF File, 448kb)INF/03 CIL Charging Schedule including Instalment Policy (PDF File, 7,248kb)INF/04 Draft Charging Schedule 2017 (PD...
Key strategies - Council strategies
Community Plan 2023-2027 (PDF File, 11,236kb) Consultation and Engagement Strategy (PDF File, 497kb) Newark & Sherwood Economic Growth Strategy 2021-2026 (PDF File, 1,281kb) Visitor economy strategy 2020-23 (PDF File, 7,849kb) Equality and diversit...
Why do we need to process personal data? - Privacy Notice
We may need to use some information about you to: deliver services and support to you manage services we provide to you manage the employment of our workers who deliver these services help investigate any complaints you have about your services keep...
How to prepare for a flood - Am I at risk of flooding?
It is impossible to remove all danger of flooding but you can take reasonable measures to reduce the damage caused to your property and minimise the effect it will have on you and your family, these include: making a flood plan - the Environme...
Habitat management - Intake Wood
Intake wood covers almost 13 ha comprising of mostly commercial pine (Scots and Corsican) with small pockets of semi-natural broadleaf trees including oak and birch. The aim for the site is a slow reversion to native oak-birch woodland with areas of ...
Proposed measures - Illegal encampments
We have considered a range of modifications for each site including bunding (earth mounds filled with wild flowers), tree planting, bollards, height barriers, boulders and access gates. Where possible natural barrier approaches will be used. Four k...
Where can I find a card? - Ollerton Happy Families
Cards are hidden in the following shops: Merry Maid Cooplands Sherwood Florists Post Office Soul Cemetery Emporium - please note between 16 - 27 August Soul Cemetery Emporium's cards can be found in the shop next door, Grandma's Front Room. Raw & Pa...
Weeding - Grounds maintenance service
Our teams will be tending to weeds in the shrubbery areas six times per year. We will be treating weeds in hard standing areas twice per year. Japanese Knotweed Japanese Knotweed is the most common of four invasive knotweed plant species in the UK...
Preferred Approach and Issues Paper stages - Making of the amended core strategy
The first stages of the production of the Amended Core Strategy were undertaken as part of a wider plan review process. Details of the Preferred Approach consultations and the Issues Paper can be found on the webpage. ...
Skin piercing and tattoos
You’ll need a licence from us to carry out the following skin piercing or tattoo activities: tattooing cosmetic piercing ear piercing acupuncture electrolysis semi-permanent make up microblading Unlike annual licences that need to be renewed each...
Council budgets
Each year the council plans its spending and income to support its aims, priorities and resources. This includes the setting of the and for our services. Our priorities can be found in our . Our aim is to provide excellent value for money and exce...
What is CIL used to fund? - Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
CIL will be used to fund strategic infrastructure within the district. That means improvements to the highway network made necessary by the growth of the district up to 2033 and which cannot be attributed to the development of any one site, as well...
Conservation area appraisals - Conservation areas
Part of the review process includes the creation of conservation area appraisals. These documents will give an overview of the history and development of each conservation area, defining what it is that makes it special. The community will be consult...
April 2017 – December 2017 - Committee Agendas and Reports Archive
Audit and Accounts Committee 29 NOV 2017 (PDF File, 2,261kb) 26 JUL 2017 (PDF File, 6,103kb) 26 APR 2017 (PDF File, 2,876kb) Council meetings 12 DEC 2017 (PDF File, 4,576kb) 10 OCT 2017 (PDF File, 2,017kb) 11 JUL 2017 (PDF File, 1,543kb) 11 JUL 2017-...
What developments are exempt from CIL? - Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
The following will not pay the levy, although in some cases you’ll need to make an application for exemption: developments of less than 100m2 — unless this is a whole house, in which case the levy is payable buildings into which people do not no...
Changes to caravan licensing - Caravan site licence
The Caravan and Control of Development Act 1960 requires us to licence sites that have gained, or are in the process of obtaining, the required planning permission to operate as a recognised caravan, mobile home or park home site. The Mobile Homes ...
How we’re responding to the climate emergency - Climate change emergency
Since the declaration of a climate emergency in Newark and Sherwood, we’ve been: auditing existing environmental practices within the Council working with the Carbon Trust to establish data to determine our carbon footprint considering our c...
Nuisance hedges - Protecting trees and hedgerows
Cupressocyparis leylandii, to give it its proper name, is a widely used hedging plant, well known for its evergreen habitat and fast growth rate. When clipped regularly in the growing season it can make a fine, neat and dense hedge that offers privac...
CIL appeals - Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
Appeals can be lodged against some aspects of a levy charge. You might want to appeal if you believe that we incorrectly: calculated the amount of CIL. Before making the appeal, you must request an internal review by the council . You can do this by...
Use less plastic in your garden - Gardening for wildlife
Avoiding using single-use plastic wherever we can is a great idea. Here are six easy ways to reduce plastic use in your garden: reuse plastic pots that you already have for as long as possible buy plants grown in biodegradable pots and order bare ro...
Communal and open spaces - Tenancy services
We want to make your surroundings the best they can be. To achieve this for our tenants we take care of communal and open spaces by: cutting the grass maintaining open plan spaces and playgrounds undertaking communal window cleaning pruning trees an...
Next LIN meetings - Tenant Local Influence Networks
Building Safety LIN Wednesday 15 May 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am for Broadleaves residents. There are currently no further LIN meetings planned, please bookmark this page for future meetings. You can also join any of the meetings digitally, please c...
What is the Towns Fund? - Newark Towns Fund
In September 2019, the government invited 100 towns, including Newark, to develop proposals for a Town Deal, as part of the £3.6 billion Towns Fund. The overarching aims of the Towns Fund is to drive the sustainable economic regeneration of towns...
Travelling sustainably - Reduce
Could you consider a train journey rather than a flight? Or perhaps holiday in the UK rather than flying further afield? To help with climate change we all need to fly and drive less and walk, cycle and use public transport more. It’s estimated th...
What happens to an application once submitted? - Validation checklists
Upon receipt of your application, we will cross check the information submitted against the planning application requirements, as set out in our validation checklist below. If all of the required information is included, your application will be cl...
What we do in emergencies - Emergencies
We plan for emergencies as one of the key partners in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Local Resilience Forum (LRF). The LRF is led by Nottinghamshire Police, and brings together local agencies to plan and respond to emergencies in a co-ordinated ...
Developing affordable housing - Affordable housing development
The delivery of additional affordable homes across the district is a key priority in our . We’ve made an ongoing commitment to develop a mixed provision of affordable homes to meet the requirements of younger people, families with young children an...
Community Sustainability
We can all do our bit to protect the planet, but it can be difficult to know where to start and if you’re on the right path when it comes to making sustainable decisions. The information below has been compiled to guide you in your sustainable beha...
Strategic Flood Risk Assessments
Several Strategic Flood Risk Assessments (SFRA) have been completed for the District and are available on our website. was completed in 2009. was completed in 2010. was completed in 2012. was produced in 2016 to support the plan review proces...
Improving your home - Manage my Council tenancy
If you’re thinking of making changes to your home you need to let us know first. with details of your plans and wait for written permission before you start any work. Take a look at the page to find out what improvements we will make....
At risk conservation areas - Conservation areas
512 conservation areas in the UK were recorded as at risk by local planning authorities in Historic England’s national survey in 2017. This risk comes from pressure for inappropriate new development, vacancy, decay or damage. In the Newark and Sher...
Hedgerows - Protecting trees and hedgerows
Hedges create living boundaries for our gardens, providing colour and all year round interest. They provide a home for wildlife and can trap air pollution and they’re often seen as a defining character of our landscape. Hedges can help with: Pollut...
Flood wardens
The flood warden scheme is run by volunteers who operate in areas of the district that are liable to flooding. Flood wardens help by advising the Environment Agency, emergency services and local councils on conditions on the ground, prioritising any ...
Making of the Allocations & DM DPD
This page details the stages in the production of the leading up to its adoption in 2013. The statement of consultation and representation (PDF File, 3,143kb) outlines the main issues and outcomes from the various stages of the plans preparatio...
Southwell country market - Markets
A country market takes place in Southwell every Saturday from 9am to 11am in the WI hall. The indoor market sells local seasonal fruit, vegetables and plants, honey and homemade jams and chutney, cakes and bakes and crafts. Refreshments are available...
Britain in Bloom - Parks and gardens
Britain in Bloom is a nationwide community gardening campaign run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Its aim is to empower the public to transform cities, towns and villages through planting. It's been helping people to improve their local ar...
Sherwood Heath
Why is heathland important? Heathland is important because it is the only habitat for certain species and the preferred habitat for others. Many of the plants and animals that live there have evolved over thousands of years, have specialised to suit ...
Parks and gardens conservation
Historic England’s register of historic parks and gardens of special historic interest in England currently identifies over 1,600 sites. The register typically includes gardens, grounds and other planned open spaces, such as town squares which hav...
How are unregistered sites identified? - Parks and gardens conservation
The identification of new unregistered parks and gardens is carried out using the definition informed by Historic England’s registered park & garden selection guides. These state that an unregistered park and garden should comprise: ‘Landscapes s...
BNG Habitat Banks – Call for sites - BNG Habitat Banks – Call for sites
In accordance with new Environment Act 2021 legislation, large development projects in the district will now be required to deliver a minimum BNG improvement of 10%. This is calculated via a measurement framework that accounts for the size, quality a...
Community trigger
If a CT submission meets certain requirement, a case review will be undertaken by the local Community Safety Partnership (CSP). This means agencies will meet to: share information review what action has been taken decide whether additional actions a...
Documents - Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Stage 1
ENV 9 SFRA Level 2 Pt1 June 2010 (PDF File, 421kb) Appendix A Strategic Site Boundaries (PDF File, 610kb) Appendix B Land around Fernwood Existing Watercourses (PDF File, 503kb) Land around Fernwood Historical Flooding (PDF File, 460kb) Land around F...
Nature inspired activities for children - Greener schools programme
There are some great online resources for smart and curious children to help inspire an interest in nature and a commitment to looking after our planet. These include: Help wildlife at home with the Wildlife Trusts Tree ID for kids Bird song lessons...
Charges for information
This is a summary of the fees that may be charged by Newark and Sherwood District Council for requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and how those fees are calculated...
Conservation areas
Conservation areas are created where a local planning authority identifies an area of special architectural or historic interest, deserving of careful management to protect its character. The first conservation areas were designated in 1967 and there...
Tree conservation - Heritage and tree conservation
The district has a unique biodiversity including ancient oaks in Sherwood Forest and flocks of thousands of golden plover wintering on the wetlands of the Trent Valley. As part of our conservation work the Council helps protect and promote the dist...