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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75,134 approved · 9,484 refused · 7,897 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Flat 19 Priory Road And 17A Priory Road Alcester B49 5DX
Received 21 Mar 2025River Stour Between OS Parcels 3300 And 4400 Off A3400 Shipston Road Alderminster Warwickshire
Received 2 Sept 2008School House Church Hill Warmington Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1BX
Received 14 Mar 1994The Cottage High Street Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HW
Received 6 Sept 2010Land Off Eclipse Road Alcester
Received 3 Nov 2020Long Orchard Farm Binton Road Welford-On-Avon CV37 8PP
Received 8 Mar 2017Old Bell Cottage The Green Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5AJ
Received 28 Nov 2011Priory Garage Priory Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DY
Received 11 Apr 1990Hotel British Motor Museum Banbury Road Gaydon
Received 23 Jul 20256 Poolgate Upper Tysoe Warwick CV35 0TS
Received 22 Jan 1996Bridge 51 Stratford On Avon Canal Off Pettiford Lane Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire
Received 3 May 20027 Manor Orchard Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9LZ
Received 17 Dec 200473B Stowe Drive Southam CV47 1NZ
Received 2 Dec 2019Red Roofs Banbury Road Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7SR
Received 10 Dec 2010Land Adj 16 Grange Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire
Received 1 Jul 1994Arden Meads The Green Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5AL
Received 1 Dec 19989 Shottery Green Shottery Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9FY
Received 13 Jul 2022207 Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7HT
Received 9 Jun 2006General Site Bards Walk Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 12 Sept 201715 Westholme Road Bidford-On-Avon B50 4AH
Received 25 Jun 201847 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BQ
Received 12 Oct 2007Land At Weston Farm Weston-on-Avon
Received 18 May 19921 Bell Lane Studley Warwickshire B80 7LR
Received 28 Jun 2007Sherbourne Cottage High Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EA
Received 11 Oct 1996Records 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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