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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
36,906 approved · 4,692 refused · 5,118 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 2007 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Top Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9NL
Received 26 Apr 2013Working Mens Club Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8HR
Received 14 Feb 201212 Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7HZ
Received 14 Aug 2014Top Lodge Preston-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8NG
Received 21 Jul 2023The Chase Wolverton Fields Norton Lindsey CV35 8JN
Received 11 Sept 2019277 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5BG
Received 16 Jan 2025Pasture Farm Rushbrook Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5HW
Received 8 Jul 202131 West Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DN
Received 24 Jul 2024Marsh Farm Stourton Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HG
Received 18 Mar 2014Lock Cottage Folly Lane Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8NZ
Received 11 Dec 2009Hill Top Garage Alcester Road Beoley Redditch B98 9EP
Received 30 May 201931 Manor Road Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HY
Received 14 May 2014Land Adjacent To Grange Cottages Wolverton
Received 13 Oct 2014Swans Nest Hotel Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LT
Received 10 Sept 2008St Francis Of Assisi Roman Catholic Church Southam Street Kineton CV35 0LL
Received 8 Mar 201737 The Square Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8HT
Received 9 Oct 20232 Western Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 30 Oct 201339 St Andrews Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9RP
Received 24 Aug 2023Stratford Boat Club Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7LS
Received 2 Oct 2019Attwood Cottage Banbury Road Ladbroke Southam Warwickshire CV47 2BY
Received 4 Feb 2008Warwickshire College Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden B95 6AB
Received 19 Dec 2024The Priors School School Lane Priors Marston CV47 7RR
Received 27 Feb 2012237 High Street Henley-In-Arden B95 5BG
Received 27 Mar 20191 Hill View Coronation Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JF
Received 21 Mar 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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