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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
29,277 approved · 4,273 refused · 4,714 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Feb 2009 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 13 May 2015Alne House Park Lane Great Alne Alcester B49 6HS
Received 12 Aug 2015Darlingscott House Darlingscott Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PN
Received 9 Aug 2021Unit X The Maybird Centre Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HZ
Received 20 May 2013Grange Cottage Tysoe Road Radway Warwickshire CV35 0UE
Received 11 Apr 2023Colletts Farm Dorsington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8AU
Received 25 Mar 2013Wilcott Birmingham Road Mappleborough Green Studley Warwickshire B80 7BL
Received 16 Oct 2009Off Tithe Barn Lane Hockley Heath
Received 6 May 2024Shakespeares Birthplace Henley Street Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 6QW
Received 22 Dec 20206 Bearley Road Snitterfield CV37 0JH
Received 7 Apr 2017The Spinney Main Road Charlecote Warwickshire CV35 9EW
Received 30 Nov 2015Lower Oversley Lodge Oversley Green Alcester B49 6LJ
Received 3 Aug 2021Hawkswood Farm Gospel Oak Lane Pathlow Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JA
Received 21 Aug 2014Mulberry House Forge Lane Farnborough Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1DZ
Received 12 Apr 2010Old Harrow Spring Lane Langley Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HW
Received 17 Jan 201212 Welcombe Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6UJ
Received 25 Jun 202610 Roman Way Alcester B49 5HB
Received 17 Apr 20132 Alne Bank Road Alcester B49 6QU
Received 2 Jan 2014The New House Ascott Road Ascott CV36 5PP
Received 12 Jul 2021Alcester Rugby Football Club Kings Coughton Alcester B49 5QF
Received 11 Jun 2014Opposite 28 Avon Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7EU
Received 11 Sept 2023Peartree Cottage Farnborough Road Radway CV35 0UN
Received 15 Aug 2017Land Off Godsons Lane Napton-on-the-Hill
Received 16 Apr 2018Christmas Hill Farm Gaydon Road Bishops Itchington Southam CV47 2QY
Received 20 May 2015Records 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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