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Forest Corner Edwinstowe NG21 9RN

16/01499/FULMFull Planning Permission MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of new Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre with associated car parking and environs including diversion of bridleway

Received
13 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Edwinstowe And Clipstone
Agent
Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 116 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Forest Corner Edwinstowe NG21 9RN. Newark and Sherwood has handled 997 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than Newark and Sherwood's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Edwinstowe And Clipstone. We hold 563 applications in total for the NG21 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Newark and Sherwood District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NG21 9RN
Application type
Full Planning Permission Major
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Edwinstowe

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2016
Consultation expiry
5 October 2016
Consultation start
21 March 2018
Neighbour consultation start
26 September 2016
Last date for comments
11 April 2018
Target decision date
22 December 2016
Permission expires
15 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd
Agent address
Millmount Ponteland Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE5 3AL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 October 2016
Site notice start
3 October 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05462614
Documents
96
Constraints
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: EdwinstowePart of the site
  • SSSI: Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSIPart of the site · +1 more
  • Special Area of Conservation: Birklands & BilhaughPart of the site
  • National nature reserve: Sherwood ForestPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Newark and Sherwood

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