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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
75,231 approved · 9,518 refused · 7,909 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jan 1977 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bell Cottage High Street Ratley Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 6DS
Received 18 Aug 200543 Cherry Orchard Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9AP
Received 26 Jan 2026Furrow Farm Greenhill Lane Sutton-under-Brailes Banbury OX15 5FL
Received 13 Mar 201959 Shakespeare Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6RN
Received 27 Jan 2004The Manor Haye Lane Mappleborough Green B80 7DS
Received 6 May 2021Perrymill Evesham Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DS
Received 31 Aug 2001The Barns Hampton Lucy Warwick CV35 8AT
Received 6 Mar 2018College Farmhouse College Lane Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5LF
Received 14 May 2007Banda Broad Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JH
Received 25 May 2001Cherington Cottage Wimpstone Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8NS
Received 30 Jun 2016Land At Gaydon/Lighthorne Heath
Received 10 Apr 2017Stratford Boat Club Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LS
Received 23 May 1995Rutli High Street Broom B50 4HJ
Received 11 Feb 202145 Hunts Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7JJ
Received 5 Oct 2011Joyners Orchard Sutton Under Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5BH
Received 2 Sept 2002Walmer Cottage Ullenhall Street Ullenhall Warwickshire B95 5PA
Received 21 Dec 2023Woodlane Farm Church Lane Bearley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0SL
Received 6 May 2005Land South Of Napton Road Stockton
Received 29 Mar 2017Stratford Armouries Limited Hawkswood Farm Gospel Oak Lane Pathlow Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JA
Received 4 Oct 2014Butchers Arms Church End Priors Hardwick Southam Warwickshire CV47 7SN
Received 25 Sept 1990Hillfield Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TN
Received 8 Feb 2002Hastings House Medical Centre Rivers Way Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9RH
Received 8 Aug 2024Ragley Hall Alcester Warwickshire B49 5NJ
Received 19 Jan 2006Arden Wood Shavings Kington Lane Claverdon Warwick CV35 8PP
Received 17 Nov 1989Records 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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