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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
33,337 approved · 4,506 refused · 4,937 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodcote The Holloway Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RG
Received 20 Aug 20131 - 5 Oakham Road Little Compton Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0SH
Received 3 Jun 2025Land Adjacent Wheelwright Gardens Old Road Long Compton
Received 24 Feb 2026Haven Pastures, De Montfort House Liveridge Hill Henley-In-Arden B95 5QS
Received 11 Oct 2021Norman Contracts Station Fields Fenny Compton Southam CV47 2XD
Received 30 Sept 201461 Justins Avenue Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0DE
Received 27 Jul 2015The Old Post Office Main Street Oxhill Warwick CV35 0QR
Received 7 Mar 202522 Mountford Rise Lighthorne Warwickshire CV35 0AY
Received 11 Mar 2024Burford Southam Road Long Itchington Southam CV47 9QL
Received 14 Feb 20142 High Street Southam Warwickshire CV47 0HA
Received 21 Jul 2022Leasowe Farm Whichford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PE
Received 26 Jun 2017Highfield Haselor Alcester B49 6LX
Received 29 Nov 20113A High Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AE
Received 7 Jan 2009Westbrook Valley Road Earlswood B94 6AA
Received 22 May 2019Walton Hill Farm Walton Warwick CV35 9HH
Received 27 Jun 2019Old Forge Bearley Road Aston Cantlow Henley-in-Arden B95 6HY
Received 24 Jan 2011Manor Farm Haselor Alcester B49 6LX
Received 16 Jul 20214 Church Farm Court Tysoe CV35 0TE
Received 22 Nov 2019Croft Court Croft Lane Temple Grafton
Received 23 Dec 20134 The Farriers High Street Broom Alcester B50 4GZ
Received 23 Aug 2011Arden Court Arden Street Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6NT
Received 31 Mar 201536 Clopton Court Clopton Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 6TP
Received 9 May 2016Land Adjacent To Hedgelands Earlswood Common Earlswood B94 5SQ
Received 3 Apr 201861 Earlswood Common Earlswood Solihull B94 5SJ
Received 6 Oct 2023Records 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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