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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
32,172 approved · 4,443 refused · 4,866 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Aug 2008 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Stables Stratford Road Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AZ
Received 18 Sept 2015The Hollies High Street Welford-On-Avon CV37 8EA
Received 26 Mar 2021Swan Theatre Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DX
Received 4 Jun 2026The Shakespeare Chapel Street Welford-On-Avon CV37 8PX
Received 2 Jun 2017The White House Chapel Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8PX
Received 26 Mar 2018Laurel Bank School Lane Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RR
Received 2 Jun 201613 Combrook Warwick CV35 9HP
Received 1 Mar 2012Elmhurst Farm Wawensmere Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6BW
Received 12 Sept 2022Rivendell Snitterfield Road Bearley Warwickshire CV37 0SR
Received 24 Feb 2016The Greenway Picnic Area Seven Meadows Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 24 Nov 2010King Edward VI School Sports Field And Pavilion Manor Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 1 May 2024April Cottage Hockley Lane Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7SS
Received 6 Feb 2012Wychpitts Farm Tithe Barn Lane Hockley Heath B94 5DH
Received 18 Feb 2021The Farthings Pennyford Lane Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6EY
Received 10 Mar 2014Grandview Dental Practice 7 John Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6UB
Received 2 Mar 2026Wellingtonia House Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7AF
Received 8 Oct 2013Gravelside Barn Binton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9TU
Received 24 Mar 2011PIZZAEXPRESS 5 Ely Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LW
Received 22 Dec 2025Cherry Tree House Main Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5JS
Received 12 Sept 20249 Sequoia Mews Shipston Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7PZ
Received 9 Feb 2024Blenheim House 4 Farm Close Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9LL
Received 2 Apr 2012The Pines 20A Waterloo Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4DL
Received 30 Jan 2014Square Close Middle Road Harbury Warwickshire CV33 9JN
Received 4 Jul 2022Pipistrelle Fleecy Court Chapel Green Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8PA
Received 9 Nov 2016Records 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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