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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
43,964 approved · 4,966 refused · 5,449 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 May 2006 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 - 4 Wood Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6JB
Received 26 Nov 20192 Peacock Cottages Main Street Oxhill Warwickshire CV35 0QU
Received 17 Jan 2024Merryfields Bush Heath Lane Harbury CV33 9NF
Received 16 Sept 2020The Hawthorns Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden B95 6AE
Received 5 Nov 2018Hampton Lucy House Church Street Hampton Lucy Warwick CV35 8BE
Received 24 Sept 2013Avonbank 6 Grange Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4BY
Received 5 Apr 2023Wellesbourne Campus Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9EF
Received 2 Nov 202122 The Willows Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9QJ
Received 17 Oct 201615 Ropewalk Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DD
Received 30 Apr 2015Retreat 19 The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JG
Received 2 Apr 202652 Bristol Way Wellesbourne Warwickshire CV35 9TJ
Received 20 Jun 2023Flat 1 Hillcrest 13 Avenue Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6UW
Received 18 Nov 20105 Oaktree Close Bearley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0SD
Received 11 Jan 2007Grove End Edge Hill Lane Edgehill OX15 6DH
Received 9 Nov 20175 Kingfisher Way Alcester Warwickshire B49 6RW
Received 29 May 2007The Old House Church Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0EZ
Received 1 May 20192 Ridgley Way Harbury Warwickshire CV33 9NS
Received 27 Feb 2023Big Meadow Honeybourne Road Bidford-on-Avon Warwickshire
Received 9 Mar 2010The Rushes Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9SJ
Received 16 Mar 2018West View House Barton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EY
Received 18 Dec 20065 Smallbrook Business Centre Bidford-On-Avon Warwickshire B50 4JE
Received 29 Nov 2022Middle Mill Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6BY
Received 16 Jan 20269 New Park Cottages Lower Brailes OX15 5JD
Received 16 Feb 20183 Fant Hill Cottages Fant Hill Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5AY
Received 25 Aug 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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