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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
75,141 approved · 9,485 refused · 7,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Barn Studios Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8LA
Received 14 Jun 2017Mansell Farm Cottage Preston-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8NL
Received 15 Oct 2009Oak Tree House High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EF
Received 15 Oct 2020The Close Sutton Under Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5BH
Received 11 Dec 199511 Neales Close Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9JQ
Received 30 Jul 20143 Barley Close Church Lane Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0LQ
Received 21 Jul 2004Cob House Newbold Pacey Warwick CV35 9DP
Received 24 Sept 2025Oxhill Manor Main Street Oxhill Warwick CV35 0QR
Received 28 Jan 2014Gaydon Inn Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0HA
Received 18 Apr 20019 Ploughmans Holt Southam Warwickshire CV47 0EU
Received 18 Jun 19913 Hill View Avon Dassett Southam CV47 2AJ
Received 5 Jan 2011178 Evesham Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9BS
Received 21 Aug 202515 Northend Road Fenny Compton Southam CV47 2YZ
Received 31 Mar 20261 The Mews Umberslade Hall Pound House Lane Hockley Heath Solihull West Midlands B94 5DF
Received 13 Oct 20036 Byfield Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RP
Received 4 Dec 200670 High Street Bidford-On-Avon Warwickshire B50 4AB
Received 9 Feb 2022114 Shipston Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LR
Received 4 Nov 2022Little Beaumonts Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5DP
Received 2 Sept 2004Mill Cottage Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6BY
Received 7 Aug 1990The Priors Hall Shuckburgh Road Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RS
Received 31 Oct 20191 Wellesbourne Farm Wellesbourne CV35 9SL
Received 25 Jul 2022Stratford Upon Avon College The Willows North Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9QR
Received 28 Mar 2022Margetts Hill Harrow Hill Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HB
Received 15 Aug 2008Manor Farm Duck Lane Welford-On-Avon CV37 8QF
Received 22 Dec 2017Records 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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