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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
75,145 approved · 9,485 refused · 7,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 1981 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Stockton Road Long Itchington Southam CV47 9QP
Received 20 Jun 2014The Nest Frog Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EQ
Received 18 Aug 1997Bassett Cottage Back Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LJ
Received 14 Mar 20197 Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BG
Received 17 Jul 2001The Old Rectory Idlicote Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5DT
Received 7 Sept 200032 Westholme Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AL
Received 30 Dec 1994Lorne Cottage Crown Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HE
Received 26 Sept 20166 Broad Walk Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6HS
Received 27 Oct 2004Shakespeares Birthplace Henley Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QW
Received 21 Oct 1996School House Whichford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PE
Received 21 Jan 2018Foxcote House Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4JG
Received 9 Dec 1996Claybank Farm Umberslade Road Earlswood Solihull West Midlands B94 5PY
Received 20 Aug 199134 Main Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JJ
Received 22 Nov 2002Sambourne Hall Farm Wike Lane Sambourne Redditch Worcestershire B96 6NZ
Received 2 Mar 200918 Malthouse Lane Earlswood Solihull West Midlands B94 5RY
Received 22 Oct 1999Tacketts Close Binton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PT
Received 16 Dec 2005Mill Cottage Bidford Grange Bidford-On-Avon B50 4LY
Received 4 May 20213 Church Houses Banbury Street Kineton Warwick CV35 0JS
Received 14 May 20018 Mansell Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6NR
Received 22 Jun 200646 St Marys Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6XG
Received 24 Apr 2006The Old Post Office Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AL
Received 19 Mar 2012Pelham Stables Pelham Lane Haselor Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LT
Received 26 Feb 2007Wellesbourne Campus Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9EF
Received 15 Mar 2021Land Off Sambourne Lane Sambourne Lane Sambourne
Received 21 Oct 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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