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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
49,869 approved · 5,381 refused · 5,802 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2004 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Snitterfield Fruit Farm Kings Lane Snitterfield Warwickshire CV37 0QA
Received 21 Mar 2016Hazelberry House Ardens Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DP
Received 28 Dec 2007The Beeches Old Gated Road Chesterton CV33 9LD
Received 8 Mar 2017Inglenook Cottage Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 10 May 200611 Oldbutt Road Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4EG
Received 6 Feb 2015Upper Lighthorne New Settlement Phases 2D And 2E (Secondary Road And Drainage Infrastructure)
Received 30 May 2024Royal Shakespeare Theatre Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BB
Received 27 Nov 201336 Emmerson Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9DX
Received 18 May 2016Ivy Cottage Willington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5AS
Received 1 Oct 2007Welcroft Binton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8PP
Received 17 Nov 20254 Church Street Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AP
Received 2 Nov 2012Land South Of Campden Road Shipston-on-Stour
Received 16 Dec 201615 St Gregorys Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6UH
Received 13 Nov 2006Stratford On Avon Racecourse Co Ltd Luddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9SE
Received 29 Jul 2009Chapel Cottage Hellidon Road Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RN
Received 13 Sept 2022Phoenix House High Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HW
Received 3 Feb 201413 Birdhaven Close Lighthorne Warwick Warwickshire CV35 0BE
Received 4 Jun 2007Bearley Farm Church Lane Bearley Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0SL
Received 21 Feb 202222 Bardswell Court Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0BD
Received 1 Nov 2006Malthouse Cottage Ardens Grafton Alcester B49 6DS
Received 5 Dec 201338 - 39 Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BA
Received 4 Aug 2020Ardencote Tavern Lane Shottery CV37 9HE
Received 30 Mar 2021Churchlands Business Park Ufton Road Harbury
Received 7 Mar 2023Coughton Fields Farm Coughton Fields Lane Coughton Warwickshire B49 6BT
Received 3 Apr 2024Records 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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