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Newark and Sherwood community grant scheme - Community Sustainability
Newark and Sherwood Community Grant Scheme aims to support District based constituted groups, charities and not-for profit organisations with projects or initiatives that align to the Council’s Community Plan objectives. The scheme recognises the ...
Internal audit reports - Internal audit and inspections
Internal audit submit reports to the audit and accounts committee covering the audit plan, audit reports issued and an end of year report giving a statement as to the overall control environment. Other reports may be issued on an ad-hoc basis through...
General documents - Norwell Parish Council
Finance Documents 2022-23 Notice of Public Rights [44kb] Contact Details [13kb] Signed Annual Governance Statement 2022-23 (PDF File, 553kb) Signed Accounting Statements 2022-23 (PDF File, 544kb) Signed Annual Internal Auditors Report 2022-23 (PDF F...
Junior Rangers
Autumn leaf crafts and activities from the Woodland Trust Wildlife watch winter activities with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Getting children interested in gardening Let’s get greening Great Britain Giving nature a home near you with garden act...
What information is available? - Freedom of Information (FOI)
The FOI Act covers all recorded information we hold, regardless of format, such as documents, e-mails, plans and audio information. We’ll give you the information that you request wherever possible. However there may be some information that we’r...
Smokefree advice to business - Smoking enforcement
We aim to provide support and assistance to ensure continued compliance with the smoke free requirements. If you run a business, the exact details on what is required is contained in the regulations but you may need to consider: Smokefree policies En...
Parks and open spaces survey
Two parks in the district will receive significant improvements thanks to Newark and Sherwood District Councils Parks and Open Spaces Development Plan. Plans could see a new modern Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) installed at Cherry Holt Play Park in New...
Gardening for wildlife
Everything we do within our gardens will either benefit or harm local wildlife. By considering this when we tend our gardens we can help to look after nature, combat climate change and protect wildlife. By choosing the right plants for nectar and fru...
What has happened so far... - Motion for the Ocean
On 1 January 2024, Cllr Paul Peacock, Leader of the Council, and Cllr Emma Oldham, Portfolio Holder for Biodiversity & Environmental Services, wrote to Central Government declaring urgent need for ocean recovery and calling on the government to take...
How we manage asbestos in Council properties - Asbestos
At Newark and Sherwood District Council, we manage asbestos containing materials by conducting surveys at your home if it was built prior to the year 2000. We will identify any asbestos and formulate an action plan to manage the asbestos material bas...
Summer update from our Park Ranger - Intake Wood
Park rangers undertake regular inspections and litter picking in the wood. We ask that walkers please take their litter home or use the litter bin at the park entrances. Also if anyone sees motorbikes or quad bikes in the wood please report this to t...
Caunton Parish Council
Caunton is a parish in the Newark and Sherwood District of Nottinghamshire, about 6 miles north-west of Newark, just off the A616. The village stands where the ancient road from the “north well” (Norwell) to Southwell crosses the significant li...
Financial information - Hawton Parish Council
Accounts 2024-25 Internal Audit Reports and Annual Governance Statement 2024-25 (PDF File, 13,463kb) Accounts 2023-24 Hawton Internal Audit Report 2023-24 (PDF File, 2,225kb) Annual Governance Statement 2023-24 (PDF File, 1,826kb) Certificate of Exem...
Allotments and community gardens - Parks and gardens
We manage one local allotment. Most allotments are managed by town and parish councils. Find out more on our . The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Garden is situated in the centre of Newark (NG24 1TN), alongside the established Beaumont Gardens which is a t...
Identifying conservation areas - Conservation areas
An area may be a conservation area for a number of reasons including a historic layout of streets, or a grouping of historic buildings that reflect the materials and style of the region. It may also be an area reflective of a particular historical ti...
Council managers
decide on the key policies of the council. Paid Council officers then put those policies into practice and are responsible for the day-to-day running of the Council’s business. The Council is managed by the Chief Executive. The Deputy Chief Execu...
Changes to a premises licence - Premises licence
If you’re the holder of a premises licence and wish to make changes to it, you’ll need to make an application to our licensing service. Find out more and change your premises licence via the gov.uk website. Typical changes requested include: ext...
Areas of special local character - Local heritage assets
Many settlements within Newark and Sherwood have a historic core that can easily be identified. This is apparent through the presence of early structures such as medieval churches, manor houses or industrial sites such as mills. Often these settlemen...
Consultations
Have your say in important decisions and developments. Whether you’re a business, resident or visitor, our consultation and engagement strategy (PDF File, 574kb) is designed to listen to your views on council services, plans and decisions. Open c...
Committee reports - Yorke Drive document library
2024 Cabinet meeting 10 December 2024 (PDF File, 960kb) Cabinet meeting 4 November 2024 (PDF File, 669kb) 2022 Homes and Communities Committee 14 March 2022 (PDF File, 967kb) 2021 Homes and Communities Committee 18 January 2021 (PDF File, 847kb) Poli...
LDF Monitoring
The progress of the Local Development Framework (LDF) and the effectiveness of the Policies within it are monitored, as well as the amount of residential, employment and other development within the District, through the Annual Monitoring Report. Mon...
Council strategies
The Council has strategies, procedures, and policies to plan for the future and govern the way we work. They help make sure everyone understands our priorities for the district and how we can work towards them. We base our strategies on information, ...
April 2015 – March 2016 - Committee Agendas and Reports Archive
Audits and Accounts Committee 10 FEB 2016 (PDF File, 2,124kb) 04 NOV 2015 (PDF File, 1,641kb) 09 SEP 2015 (PDF File, 2,282kb) 09 SEP 2015 - Statement of Accounts (PDF File, 704kb) 24 JUN 2015 (PDF File, 2,307kb) 08 APR 2015 (PDF File, 1,380kb) Counci...
Rural England Prosperity Fund - UK Shared Prosperity Fund
In November 2022, we submitted an addendum to our UKSPF investment plan, which enabled us to secure an additional £891k of capital funding, available to eligible rural authorities as a ‘top-up’ to UKSPF through the Rural England Prosperity Fund ...
Byelaws
Byelaws are local rules often affecting activities such as littering, ball games in parks and dog fouling. We try to make our byelaws easy to understand and effective to enforce. You’ll find details of them below. Acupuncture (PDF File, 1,639kb)...
Newark markets - Markets
The bustling markets in Newark are extremely popular with both locals and visitors. Hot food and refreshments are available and the Saturday market is a particularly vibrant focus for our historic market town. Regular stall holders include fruit and ...
Accessing your own information - Data protection
If you wish to view information that the council holds about you, you must make what is known as a subject access request (SAR) or a personal information request (PIR). You’re entitled to be told if any personal data is held about you and, if so be...
Conservation area review - Conservation areas
We are currently undertaking a review of our conservation areas to ensure the designations are still relevant and meaningful. The special interest of areas designated many years ago may have been eroded by piecemeal change or poorly designed develop...
Publication stage (18 June to 30 July 2012) - Making of the Allocations & DM DPD
The publication stage of the DPD differed from the previous stages in that it represented the version of the document that the Council wishes to submit to the Secretary of State for examination and following this to adopt. Following the close of the ...
Estate walkabouts
We encourage residents and tenants to join us for our estate walkabouts as we take a walk around your local areas and listen to your views. Together we can take a look at what we need to do to keep our communities clean, tidy and problem free. You wi...
Submission documents - Amended core strategy examination library
CS/01 Publication Amended Core Strategy DPD (PDF File, 20,283kb)CS/02 Publication Amended Core Strategy DPD (clean version) (PDF File, 19,942kb)CS/03 Newark and Sherwood Policies Map Amendments (PDF File, 1,314kb)CS/04 Adopted Core Strategy (March 2...
Newark Construction College
The Construction College is an identified Newark Town Investment Plan project which delivers new training opportunities for young people and retraining for adults in Newark with the intention of securing both employment and high qualifications with...
Miner 2 Major - Sherwood Heath
Miner to Major is an exciting five-year land management project (2019 to 2023) supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The scheme is delivering a range of projects that celebrate and help protect the diverse wildlife, important habitats and...
Miner 2 Major - Vicar Water Country Park
Miner to Major is an exciting five-year land management project (2019 to 2023) supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The scheme is delivering a range of projects that celebrate and help protect the diverse wildlife, important habitats and...
Miner 2 Major - Intake Wood
Miner to Major is an exciting five-year land management project (2019 to 2023) supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The scheme is delivering a range of projects that celebrate and help protect the diverse wildlife, important habitats and...
Biodiversity - Queen Elizabeth Memorial Gardens
The community garden includes features which were designed with wildlife and sustainability in mind including: A gentle pebbled rainwater feature which runs through the garden Water butts to allow rainwater to be collected and reused in the garden. ...
The law we use to process your personal information - Public Protection Privacy Notice
We need to process your data in order to ensure that the services we are providing meet our statutory and legal obligations, are fit for purpose, efficient and effective. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protecti...
Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)
In December 2024, Central Government announced plans for the biggest reorganisation of local government in England in over 50 years. The reorganisation aims to create more efficient and effective local government, potentially leading to streamlined...
Requesting a visit to rescore
Maintaining high hygiene standards in food businesses is essential for consumer health and safety, as well as the establishment's reputation. Businesses may seek to improve their food hygiene rating after a poor assessment by asking for a rescore out...
Past editions of Newark & Sherwood District Councils' residents' e-newsletters - Email newsletters
Past editions of our residents' e-newsletters are available to read at any time: 27/02/2026 - Council Tax Freeze | Garden Waste Service | 32 Stodman Street Progress 06/02/2026 - What's on in our district in February 30/01/2026 - Park improvements ...
How do I join? - Shopwatch
If you wish to sign up to this scheme please complete the Newark Town Centre Shopwatch application form. [362kb]. Once we receive this completed form you will be sent a voucher via email to log on to the scheme. When you register you will be able ...
Intake Wood
Intake Wood (NG21 9EZ) lies within the heart of the historic Sherwood Forest area, with the land originally forming part of the medieval Royal Hunting Forest. At that time traditional habitats would have been a mix of heathland, acid grassland and s...
What should you do? - Asbestos
You must not carry out any alterations, improvements or additions to the property without first obtaining our written approval. (This is a condition of your tenancy agreement). If you want to carry out any home improvements, you must contact your Hou...
Applying for a premises licence - Premises licence
As the licensing authority, we handle premises licence applications within Newark and Sherwood. Apply to us for a premises licence. You can refer to the Guidance Notes for Premises Licence 2023 (PDF File, 284kb) to help with this. There’s a peri...
April 2016 – March 2017 - Committee Agendas and Reports Archive
Audit and Accounts committee 30 NOV 2016 (PDF File, 3,589kb) 07 SEP 2016 - Report to Follow (PDF File, 344kb) 07 SEP 2016 (PDF File, 2,076kb) 13 JUL 2016 (PDF File, 4,030kb) 27 APR 2016 - Audit and Accounts Agenda (PDF File, 3,348kb) Council meeting...
Amended Core Strategy - Main Modifications Consultation (8 Aug to 21 Sep 2018) - Making of the amended core strategy
Following submission of the Newark and Sherwood Amended Core Strategy DPD, a two day examination hearing was held between 1 February and 2 February 2018. As part of the examination hearing the Inspector identified a number of main modifications to ...
Resident Panel
If you’re a resident of Newark and Sherwood who is keen to share your views on the Council’s services, plans, proposals and development of the local area, why not join our Resident Panel? The panel is part of the Council’s consultation and enga...
What is environmental information? - Environmental Information Regulations
The definition of environmental information is very wide and includes written, electronic, visual or audio information on: the state of the elements of the environment - air, atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites, biological div...
CCTV
Close circuit television (CCTV) is designed to deter and detect acts of crime. Newark and Sherwood District Council owns and operates a CCTV system within the district that has been running 24 hours a day, every day of the year since October 1999. Ou...
Farm fires - Fire safety in your home and community
A fire on a farm can have a devastating affect on business. More than 40% of farms that experience a serious fire never trade successfully again. Incidents of deliberate fires on farms hit a peak during the months of July, August and September. To he...