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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
53,739 approved · 6,140 refused · 6,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2002 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of 45 Haydon Way Coughton Warwickshire
Received 23 Jun 200618 Combrook Warwick CV35 9HP
Received 9 Nov 2020Swans Nest Hotel Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LT
Received 21 Jul 2010STREET RECORD Ascott
Received 18 Mar 2022The Nags Head 161 High Street Henley-In-Arden B95 5BA
Received 27 Sept 201825 Dale Close Long Itchington Warwickshire CV47 9SE
Received 19 Apr 202313 Ropewalk Alcester B49 5DD
Received 3 Aug 2021Ravens Croft Grump Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4LE
Received 24 Aug 201019 Avenue Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6UW
Received 20 May 2019Kinwarton Fields Great Alne Alcester Warwickshire B49 6HG
Received 5 Dec 2007Old Pear Tree House Back Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LJ
Received 19 Jan 201712-13 High Street Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 6AU
Received 7 Apr 2016Foxheys Tavern Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HE
Received 26 Oct 202312C Greenhill Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LF
Received 13 Nov 2013Flint Hall Newbold Pacey Warwick CV35 9DY
Received 10 Mar 2014Ash Ridge House The Green Warmington OX17 1BU
Received 18 Oct 202119 Westholme Court Westholme Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AL
Received 24 May 2004Land Off Shipston Road Aylesmore
Received 9 Dec 2022South Hill Farm Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5NY
Received 13 Aug 201010 St Marys Close Southam CV47 1EW
Received 3 Nov 2025Clifford Hill Court Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8AA
Received 16 Dec 2004Farnicombe Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PR
Received 22 Jun 200716 Watery Lane Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4BE
Received 20 Jul 2006The White Stuff 20 Bridge Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6AE
Received 27 Jan 2010Records 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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