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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
75,134 approved · 9,484 refused · 7,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old School House Old School Lane Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AX
Received 2 Jun 2011The Teachers House 3 The Green Great Wolford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5NQ
Received 9 May 198934 The Square Clifford Chambers CV37 8HT
Received 9 Aug 2016Swans Nest Hotel Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LT
Received 22 Aug 20089 Narrow Lane Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DP
Received 5 Sept 2011The Nook Blunts Green Henley-in-Arden B95 5RF
Received 5 Sept 2014Broom Tavern 32 High Street Broom B50 4HL
Received 14 Dec 2020Stratford Manor Hotel Warwick Road Black Hill Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0PY
Received 10 Sept 2007Chestnut Court Gas House Lane Alcester Warwickshire B49 5RB
Received 24 Jan 2007Foxwood Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5HX
Received 7 Oct 1996All Saints Church Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 26 Mar 20072 The Close Cherington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HS
Received 30 Sept 2014Baytree Cottage 5 College Lane Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5LF
Received 30 Aug 20066 Granville Court Shipston-On-Stour CV36 4PP
Received 19 Jul 2017Avon Bridge Binton Road Welford-on-Avon CV37 8PP
Received 31 May 2024Brookside Camp Lane Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5QG
Received 31 Jul 1995The Croft Ladbroke Southam CV47 2BY
Received 7 Oct 20111 Rectory Close Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8LE
Received 23 Jul 20071 Icknield Close Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BZ
Received 15 May 2003Dial House The Green Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7QU
Received 21 Oct 2014Stratford Cottage Wixford Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DA
Received 16 Dec 20025A Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7AE
Received 24 May 2022The Old Vicarage Lower Shuckburgh Daventry NN11 6DX
Received 23 Mar 2012Lynwood Snuff Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JH
Received 31 Mar 2025Records 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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