Decision details

Newark Town Centre Masterplan and Design Code Update (Key Decision)

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

That Cabinet:

 

a)      note the update provided in relation to the Newark Town Centre Masterplan;

 

b)      adopt the Newark Town Centre Masterplan as planning guidance from 1 April 2026;

 

c)    allow for a review of not less than 6 months of the implementation of the Town Centre Masterplan, with delegated authority for any necessary amendments being delegated to the Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Economic Development in consultation with the Chair of Planning Committee and Director – Planning & Growth; and

 

d)    note the update provided in relation to the Newark Town Centre Design Code and endorse its adoption as guidance as part of an updated Newark Conservation Area Management Plan the publication of which is already delegated to the Council’s Director of Planning & Growth.

Report author: Matthew Norton

Publication date: 25/02/2026

Date of decision: 24/02/2026

Decided at meeting: 24/02/2026 - Cabinet

Effective from: 03/03/2026

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