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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
42,758 approved · 4,912 refused · 5,397 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Cottage Ardens Grafton Alcester B49 6DR
Received 17 Jul 2014Marston Farm Shuckburgh Road Priors Marston CV47 7RY
Received 18 Sept 201753 Rother Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LT
Received 1 Oct 202147 And 48 Rother Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LT
Received 9 Mar 2018Hardwick End Hardwick Road Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RL
Received 28 Jan 20156 Quineys Leys Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8PU
Received 28 May 20129 Croft Lane Temple Grafton Warwickshire B49 6PA
Received 7 Oct 2015Site Adjacent 1 Gifford Road Lighthorne Heath
Received 12 Dec 201717,17A And The Old Vicarage High Street Bidford-on-Avon B50 4BQ
Received 14 Oct 2022The Cottage Ardens Grafton Alcester B49 6DR
Received 11 Nov 2019Wurley School Lane Warmington Warwickshire OX17 1DE
Received 23 Aug 2023Mount Farm House Chapel Lane Ratley Banbury OX15 6DS
Received 18 Dec 2018Merin House Old Road Bishops Itchington CV47 2RS
Received 25 Feb 2019Hawkswood Farm Gospel Oak Lane Pathlow Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JA
Received 21 Feb 201119 Cherry Orchard Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 9AP
Received 16 May 2019Southdown Church Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EL
Received 23 Oct 2008Brookfield Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NJ
Received 12 Mar 2015Exhall Court Mill Exhall Alcester B49 6EA
Received 25 Jan 2023267 Alcester Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9JG
Received 3 Apr 2013Peartree Cottage Farnborough Road Radway CV35 0UN
Received 30 May 2017Veterinary Investigation Centre Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9SJ
Received 1 Aug 2024Hutchinson 3G Site CV0032 Near Gaydon Hill Farm Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0HQ
Received 28 Oct 201112 Old Vicarage Gardens Studley B80 7SG
Received 3 Mar 2014Long Barn House Holloway Hill Brailes OX15 5AF
Received 13 Apr 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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