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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
62,598 approved · 7,531 refused · 6,947 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1998 to 25 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whitegates Farm Ilmington Road Armscote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8DH
Received 16 Aug 200019 Kiblers Lane Pillerton Priors Warwick CV35 0PS
Received 14 Aug 2000The Fish Front Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LA
Received 10 Aug 2026Lavender Cottage 2 Coughton Lane Coughton Alcester B49 5HN
Received 24 Aug 2011Stratford Boat Club Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LS
Received 27 Dec 2001Land Off Ettington Road Ettington Road Wellesbourne
Received 11 Sept 2025The Old Stables Wolverton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HE
Received 19 Mar 2025The Old Orchard Mill Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HR
Received 1 May 2018Highways Henley Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8PS
Received 10 Oct 200180 Shottery Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9QQ
Received 3 Dec 2008Cedarwood Smiths Lane Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JY
Received 25 Mar 2013Halfacre Cottage Church Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8PD
Received 24 Jul 20254 Station Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7HS
Received 3 Aug 200530 Henley Street Alcester B49 5QY
Received 2 May 2013Church Farm Morton Bagot Studley B80 7EJ
Received 19 Dec 2024Land Off Elm Close Ilmington
Received 26 Nov 2021Municipal Charities Of Stratford-upon-Avon 6 Guild Cottages Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HD
Received 3 Nov 201768 Alcester Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9DB
Received 24 May 201011 Scott Close Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4HY
Received 24 Jun 20031 Old Road Southam CV47 1HP
Received 9 Aug 2021Bishops Cross Car Sales Gaydon Road Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2QW
Received 31 Aug 2010Swan Gardens And The Dell Waterside And Southern Lane Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BB
Received 23 Feb 2015Keens Hill Poplar Road Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2RG
Received 17 Jul 2003Feldon House Stourton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HG
Received 16 Sept 2005Records 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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