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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75,231 approved · 9,518 refused · 7,909 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forte Posthouse Swans Nest Hotel Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LT
Received 18 Jan 1995Hillside House Hillside Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8NH
Received 4 Feb 2002Cadle Pool Farm The Ridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9RE
Received 18 Mar 2020Little Ladbrook Farm Penn Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5HL
Received 18 May 1992Bishopton House The Avenue Bishopton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0RH
Received 26 Jun 2013Black Swan 23 High Street Henley-In-Arden B95 5AA
Received 15 Oct 2019Court Cottage Umberslade Road Earlswood
Received 15 Mar 2018124 High Street Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5BS
Received 18 Feb 200224 St Marys Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6XG
Received 4 Jul 2016Maybird Retail Park Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 28 Feb 2023Timber Top Tavern Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9HE
Received 3 May 2002Buttercup Barn Rectory Farm Court Avon Dassett Road Fenny Compton Southam Warwickshire CV47 2FW
Received 28 May 2003Lloyds Bank Plc Stratford Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AX
Received 2 Mar 1992Manor Farm Great Wolford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5NQ
Received 19 Jul 2024The Manor Evesham Road Weethley Alcester Warwickshire B49 5NA
Received 21 May 1997The Woodlands The Rookery Alveston CV37 7QR
Received 29 Aug 2019Land Opposite 32 Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 10 Jan 2011Bidford Bridge House High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BG
Received 29 Jun 2004The White House Kissing Tree Way Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7QT
Received 9 Jun 20115 Warwick Street Southam Warwickshire CV47 0HD
Received 4 Jul 2001Grasmere 22 Holt Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7NX
Received 8 Feb 2002Edoras Pillerton Priors Warwick CV35 0PG
Received 14 Jun 201629 Hammond Green Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9EY
Received 7 Jan 2009Field Cottage Common Lane Mappleborough Green Studley Warwickshire B80 7DP
Received 9 Jan 2002Records 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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