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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
39,452 approved · 4,777 refused · 5,231 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jan 2007 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Grove Southam Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8NG
Received 30 Jan 2025South Hawke Station Road Claverdon Warwickshire CV35 8PE
Received 12 Jul 2023Wellesbourne C Of E Junior And Infant School Mountford Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QG
Received 14 Jul 20126 The Terrace The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0JD
Received 8 Jul 2009Newbold Pacey Hall Newbold Pacey Warwick CV35 9DP
Received 29 Oct 2024Court Cottage Umberslade Road Earlswood
Received 31 Mar 2020Trust Cottages Sambourne Lane Sambourne
Received 6 Nov 20259 Hopkins Precinct Kinwarton Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 6AA
Received 4 Mar 2022The Wychwood Mayfield Farm Bear Lane Henley-in-Arden B95 5JJ
Received 5 Aug 2026The Leys Welsh Road Priors Hardwick Southam CV47 7SJ
Received 4 Jun 20149 Rushford Cottages Rushford Evesham Worcestershire WR11 8SL
Received 22 Aug 20076 Market Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 0HE
Received 24 Mar 2009Wellesbourne Distribution Park Loxley Road Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9JY
Received 7 Apr 2014Unit 2 26 Bridge Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6AD
Received 23 Oct 2019Lower Blacon Barn Wolverton Fields Norton Lindsey Warwick CV35 8JN
Received 7 Jan 201312 High Street Alcester B49 5AD
Received 13 Jun 2022Gannaway Farm Curlieu Lane Norton Lindsey Warwick CV35 8JR
Received 4 May 201115 Bridgetown Road Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7JH
Received 4 Aug 2023Chapel Cottage Whatcote Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5EB
Received 18 Jul 2007In The Parish Of Fenny Compton
Received 2 Sept 202019 Marston Croft Southam CV47 1PX
Received 11 May 2022Camper King Banbury Road Warmington Banbury OX17 1JJ
Received 10 Dec 2024STREET RECORD Commanders Close Lighthorne Heath
Received 24 Jul 201324 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5AN
Received 5 Feb 2025Records 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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