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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
42,086 approved · 4,878 refused · 5,353 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2006 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Windways Bordon Hill Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9RX
Received 11 Feb 20083 Orchard View Burmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5AP
Received 7 Dec 2020Former Stables Rear Of Copperfields Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5DP
Received 4 Mar 2026The Hollies High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EA
Received 25 May 2026Land At The Corner Of Main Road And Goose Lane Lower Quinton
Received 31 Oct 2019Tesco Stores Ltd Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0UA
Received 10 May 2008The Olde House Little Wolford Road Cherington CV36 5HS
Received 11 Jul 2017Bryher Cottages 81 Whitemoor Lane Sambourne Redditch B96 6NT
Received 13 Jun 2022Ardencote Tavern Lane Shottery CV37 9HE
Received 2 Dec 202038 Wood Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6JG
Received 26 Aug 2008Manor Farm Duck Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8QF
Received 31 Mar 2025Stratford On Avon Grammar School For Girls Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HA
Received 25 Jun 2013Shakespeare Inn 11 Mill Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HR
Received 3 May 2013Ragley Hall Alcester B49 5NJ
Received 16 Jan 2014Little Forde Hall Forde Hall Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5AX
Received 8 Oct 2007The Bell Cottage High Street Ratley OX15 6DS
Received 12 Aug 2021Cuttle Inn Southam Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9QZ
Received 13 Dec 200665 Aston Cantlow Road Wilmcote CV37 9XN
Received 14 Apr 201618 Tower Close Bidford-On-Avon B50 4EA
Received 14 Aug 2019Land At Vicarage Close Napton-on-the-Hill
Received 1 Feb 2022Wellingtonia House Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7AF
Received 31 Mar 2017Manor Farm Crimscote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8UE
Received 31 Mar 2009Home Farm Tomlow Road Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HX
Received 18 Jun 2007Nursery House Avon Dassett Southam CV47 2AE
Received 29 Jan 2020Records 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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