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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
46,157 approved · 5,107 refused · 5,562 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Oct 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alcester Tennis Club Moorfield Road Alcester
Received 5 Apr 2024Priorswell Tidmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5LR
Received 21 Aug 2024Orchard House The Green Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9SJ
Received 28 Jun 2018Blackwell House Blackwell Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PE
Received 25 May 202225 Linley Road Southam Warwickshire CV47 0JY
Received 15 Apr 2010Willow Farm Welsh Road Southam Warwickshire CV47 1UZ
Received 30 Nov 2009The Old Rectory Farnborough Banbury OX17 1DZ
Received 27 May 2025Grass Verge Opposite The Dell 467 Rookery Lane Ettington
Received 4 Feb 2023Units 1 And 2 Marble Alley Studley B80 7LD
Received 22 Nov 2012The Olde House Cherington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HS
Received 20 Feb 2018Unit 6 Westfield Road Kineton Road Industrial Estate Southam CV47 0RA
Received 4 Jul 2023Ivy Cottage Post Office Lane Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AP
Received 11 Jan 201142 Captains Hill Alcester B49 6QW
Received 3 Sept 2021Keepers Cottage Crofts Farm Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7NF
Received 14 Nov 2006Grey Cottage Church Road Whichford Warwickshire CV36 5PH
Received 2 Apr 2024The Grange 12 Mill Lane Broom Alcester B50 4HS
Received 27 Oct 2006The Sports Pavilion Synder Meadow Sports Ground Binton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 18 Jan 2007Upper Lighthorne New Settlement (formerly Gaydon/Lighthorne Heath) Phase 2A Parcel C1 (Valiant Fields)
Received 29 Sept 2021Shepherds Cottage Chapel Lane Ullenhall Warwickshire B95 5RT
Received 7 Jul 2023Little Orchard Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NL
Received 31 Oct 2016The Elms Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8RY
Received 29 Jul 20211 The Dale Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6AZ
Received 3 Sept 2007Greenways Marton Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9PZ
Received 20 Apr 2009Highfield Dorsington Road Dorsington Warwickshire CV37 8AR
Received 23 Feb 2015Records 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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