A major tourism project has been given the go-ahead, with the potential to transform the social and economic landscape of the town. Newark and Sherwood District Council’s planning committee met to discuss their own plans for the Newark Castle ‘Gatehouse Project’ — which would see the grade-one listed, scheduled monument enhanced as a tourist attraction. Under the plans, the original Romanesque gatehouse would be reinstated as the main entrance to the 11th century castle, with the addition of a stepped ramp in the style of a moat bridge, under which a multi-use space would be built, surrounded …
