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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
64,019 approved · 7,705 refused · 7,042 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 1997 to 25 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 19 May 2017Stone Croft Ardens Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DR
Received 29 Mar 2004Ashley Cottage Carriage Wheel Lane Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4RE
Received 29 Oct 2012Highlands Birmingham Road Mappleborough Green Studley B80 7BL
Received 24 Mar 2025Brookside Farm Gaydon Road Bishops Itchington Southam CV47 2QZ
Received 24 Dec 2020Westmeads Farm Cottage Butlers Marston Warwick CV35 0NG
Received 5 Jun 200127 Avon Crescent Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7EX
Received 15 May 2015Stonehouse Loft Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4NP
Received 30 Nov 2022Fern House 3 Fisher Road Bishops Itchington Southam CV47 2RE
Received 19 Jun 20138 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4BU
Received 8 Mar 202236 Middlefield Lane Newbold-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8TX
Received 7 Sept 20202 Benson Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6UU
Received 1 Jun 2011Three Field Barn Birmingham Road Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5QD
Received 26 Nov 200432 Justins Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0DF
Received 11 Apr 20228 St Michaels Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8NT
Received 7 Dec 1999Lockes Barn Milcote Road Milcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 28 Jun 20022 High Street Broom Alcester B50 4HJ
Received 7 Mar 20258 Bleachfield Street Alcester B49 5BA
Received 23 Dec 2020Manor House Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8SH
Received 5 May 2025Brooklands Memorial Road Fenny Compton Southam CV47 2XU
Received 21 Nov 2012Barndale Barton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EY
Received 28 Jan 2009Saddlers Cottage High Street Fenny Compton Southam CV47 2YG
Received 31 Mar 2014Alne View Stratford Road Oversley Green Alcester Warwickshire B49 6PG
Received 17 Apr 2000Rosewood Ullenhall Lane Beoley Redditch Worcestershire B98 9ES
Received 6 Mar 2002Records 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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