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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
75,144 approved · 9,485 refused · 7,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Caution Corner Castle Hill Upper Brailes
Received 28 Apr 2021Shakespeare Hotel Chapel Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6ER
Received 15 Jan 2013The Lawns Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6AE
Received 11 Oct 2000Flat 22 Avonside Mill Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BJ
Received 3 Jul 2001Freemans Farm Shop Kings Lane Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0QA
Received 3 Mar 2026Stonewalls Back Lane Long Compton Warwickshire CV36 5LG
Received 19 Jul 202228, 30 And 32 Featherbed Lane Cherington Warwickshire CV36 5HP
Received 5 Oct 2022Land Off Sycamore Close Stockton
Received 24 Jan 2014Sansome House Back Street Ilmington Warwickshire CV36 4LJ
Received 22 Feb 2024Barton House Church Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EL
Received 4 Dec 2007The Fellows House Back Lane Oxhill Warwick CV35 0QN
Received 16 Jan 2014Grange Farm Napton Road Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HT
Received 6 Jul 2007Ford Cottage Crockwell Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JN
Received 18 Dec 2002185 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7DU
Received 26 Nov 1991Willow House The Firs Ascott CV36 5PP
Received 28 Mar 2017Sun Cottage New Road Temple Grafton Warwickshire B49 6NZ
Received 18 Apr 2006Hillside Farm Avon Dassett Southam Warwickshire CV47 2AQ
Received 7 Feb 2008Land To The Rear Of Cloweswood Lane Earlswood Solihull West Midlands
Received 8 Feb 2001Veterinary Investigation Centre Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9SJ
Received 4 Nov 2019Land At Waterloo Road Bidford-on-Avon
Received 16 Oct 2018New Cottage Stretton On Fosse Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9SA
Received 9 Nov 200011 Church Street Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9LS
Received 26 Jan 200124 Park Piece Kineton Warwick CV35 0NT
Received 14 Jun 2024Green Acres Barton Road Welford-On-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HG
Received 7 Nov 2022Records 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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