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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Stratford-on-Avon website
75,128 approved · 9,484 refused · 7,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Cherry Tree Cottage 3 The Green Claverdon CV35 8LL
Received 28 May 2020George Hotel High Street Shipston-On-Stour CV36 4AJ
Received 4 Oct 2016Manor Farm Courtyard Hardwick Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RJ
Received 11 Feb 2010Kingspring House Vicarage Lane Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5LH
Received 27 Sept 1999St Marys Church Mill Lane Halford Warwickshire
Received 6 Apr 201039 Sheep Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6EE
Received 8 Aug 2008Grass Verge Outside Holly Cottage 53 Middle Lane Shotteswell
Received 4 Feb 2023Bar Humbug Guild Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QZ
Received 25 Oct 2001The Red House Abbots Salford Evesham Worcestershire WR11 8UT
Received 2 Aug 1995The Old Well House Frog Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EQ
Received 13 Dec 20064 Washbrook Place Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4LZ
Received 16 May 2005Oak Tree View Kinwarton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6HB
Received 9 Jul 2002The Lodge Penn Lane Tanworth-In-Arden Warwickshire B94 5HH
Received 11 Jul 2023The Cottage Peacock Lane Tysoe Warwick CV35 0SG
Received 17 Jun 2002The Limes High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EA
Received 14 Nov 2008Aulston House Kissing Tree Way Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7QT
Received 3 May 2023125 Malthouse Lane Earlswood B94 5RZ
Received 26 Apr 2021Henmarsh House Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0PG
Received 11 Feb 20003 Park Lane Harbury CV33 9HX
Received 14 Nov 201728 Cleeve Road Marlcliff Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4NR
Received 14 Aug 2000Avon View 22 Saffron Walk Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6GN
Received 23 Apr 202418 Hathaway Hamlet Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9HJ
Received 6 Jan 200021A Alcester Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7AG
Received 14 Dec 199462 Old Town Mews Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6GR
Received 22 Nov 2000Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Stratford-on-Avon District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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