Dover Beck planning approval rate
Dover Beck ward in Newark & Sherwood has a 85.2% approval rate based on 819 planning decisions. Newark & Sherwood overall: 87.4%.
Last updated: March 2026
85.2%
ward approval rate
819
Decisions
698
Approved
121
Refused
87.4%
Newark & Sherwood average
Dover Beck is 2.2 percentage points below the Newark & Sherwood average, suggesting slightly tighter scrutiny in this ward. Preparation matters more here.
How Dover Beck compares
Dover Beck ward
85.2%
Newark & Sherwood overall
87.4%
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Recent decisions in Dover Beck
Conversion of barn to two dwellings (retrospective) · Fri 12 Dec 2025
Creation of 8 additional residential units. · Tue 02 Dec 2025
Mature Leylandii hedge - Trim back on clients side and topT1 - Prunus - All roun · Tue 25 Nov 2025
Removal of existing conservatory and replace with brick built structure, with a · Thu 20 Nov 2025
Erection of a 2 storey rear extension · Thu 20 Nov 2025
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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.