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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75,141 approved · 9,485 refused · 7,897 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whittington Lodge The Avenue Bishopton
Received 27 Jun 202335 South Parade Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9JE
Received 14 Nov 2005Dog Lane Fisheries Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8LT
Received 19 Apr 201112 Prince Harry Road Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5DD
Received 21 Oct 2010Coltway Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5DZ
Received 15 Jun 202228 Kings Coughton Lane Kings Coughton Alcester Warwickshire B49 5QE
Received 23 Jun 1999College Farm Willington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5AS
Received 13 Jan 2020Valley View Butt Hill Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8NE
Received 24 Feb 2004The Gravels Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TU
Received 25 Mar 20099 Darlingscote Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4DR
Received 13 Jun 2006The Cottage Ladbroke Southam Warwickshire CV47 2BT
Received 7 Apr 2004In The Parish Of Southam Warwickshire
Received 27 Apr 2000The Old Ferryhouse Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BA
Received 14 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To Hillborough Lower Tysoe Road Lower Tysoe CV35 0BN
Received 2 Dec 2019Oberry Fields Bishops Hill Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0BA
Received 28 Apr 2017Stratford-upon-Avon Business And Technology Park Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 21 Nov 20244 Albion Terrace Broom Alcester Warwickshire B50 4HG
Received 25 May 2004The Owl House Shottery Shottery CV37 9HA
Received 10 Dec 2020Norgren Works Campden Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4PX
Received 21 Jun 1996Lloyds Bank Plc Stratford Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AX
Received 8 May 1997Land Opposite 2 Potters Lane Darlingscott
Received 28 Sept 20237 Wootton Close Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7HA
Received 25 Sept 2012Sandfields Farm Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9SW
Received 3 Nov 2005Lawnside Kissing Tree Way Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7QT
Received 19 Oct 2011Records 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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