Beacon planning approval rate
Beacon ward in Newark & Sherwood has a 88.0% approval rate based on 465 planning decisions. Newark & Sherwood overall: 87.4%.
Last updated: March 2026
88.0%
ward approval rate
465
Decisions
409
Approved
56
Refused
87.4%
Newark & Sherwood average
Beacon is broadly in line with the Newark & Sherwood average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Beacon compares
Beacon ward
88.0%
Newark & Sherwood overall
87.4%
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Recent decisions in Beacon
Removal of 1 Sycamore - growing between garage and neighbours wall. · Thu 18 Dec 2025
Removal of 4 cherry trees, cracking and lifting boundary walls · Fri 12 Dec 2025
Single storey rear extension · Fri 05 Dec 2025
The removal and replacement of 3No antennas and ancillary development thereto · Fri 28 Nov 2025
Plane (London Plane) Tree T5: Undertake lateral reduction of limbs touching roof · Mon 03 Nov 2025
What gets approved near your property?
In Newark & Sherwood, 1 in 8 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Newark & Sherwood
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 9,966 decisions.