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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
29,829 approved · 4,320 refused · 4,752 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Allimore Lane Alcester
Received 9 Dec 2011The Lodge Henley Road Great Alne Warwickshire B49 6HR
Received 8 Jan 2024Land North Of Salford Road Bidford-on-Avon
Received 20 Feb 2025170 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5BN
Received 27 Jul 2017The Old Coach House Mill Lane Broom Alcester B50 4HR
Received 22 Jun 2014Mosside 2 Station Road Alcester B49 5ET
Received 8 Oct 2024Top New Zealand Farm Napton Road Stockton Southam CV47 8HU
Received 24 May 2012Heronfield Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Warwickshire B95 6AR
Received 18 Nov 201677 Shipston Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7LW
Received 16 Jun 201624 Holt Road Studley B80 7NX
Received 22 Apr 20143 Pinchester Cottages Redlands Little Compton Warwickshire GL56 0SE
Received 21 Feb 20232 The Bungalows The Nashes Clifford Chambers CV37 8JE
Received 16 Nov 2020The Old Dairy Pittern Hill Kineton
Received 20 Mar 2025Sunbank The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JF
Received 29 Jul 2021Ettington Post Office 29 Banbury Road Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7SN
Received 8 Feb 201619 New Street Tiddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DA
Received 23 Feb 201227 Lambourne Close Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4QH
Received 28 May 201312 Turnpike Drive Lower Quinton CV37 8QS
Received 28 Jul 2017Victoria Spa Lodge Bishopton Lane Bishopton Warwickshire CV37 9QY
Received 2 Mar 2015Swallow House 1 Mill Street Shipston-On-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AN
Received 6 Jan 20232 School Cottages Temple Grafton Alcester B49 6NH
Received 25 Aug 2011Holy Trinity Church Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BG
Received 28 Jun 2010The Mousetrap School Road Alcester B49 5DE
Received 11 Nov 202017 And 18 Millers Close Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8QG
Received 21 Jul 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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