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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
67,457 approved · 8,132 refused · 7,302 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Aug 1995 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Duckpool Barn Rouse Lane Oxhill Warwick CV35 0NZ
Received 25 Apr 2008The Swan Swan Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DP
Received 3 Dec 200120 Quineys Leys Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PU
Received 11 Feb 2003Lighthorne Pavillion Cafe Chesterton Road Lighthorne CV35 0AD
Received 5 Mar 2020The Gay Dog Friday Street Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8SQ
Received 26 Nov 2001Sundale Main Street Tysoe Warwick CV35 0SE
Received 20 Feb 200714 Avon Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7EU
Received 9 Jun 1998The Old Forge Chapel Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PX
Received 22 Nov 199928 The Square Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HT
Received 21 Aug 2002Copper Beeches Charingworth Chipping Campden GL55 6NY
Received 19 Apr 202232 Waterloo Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4JH
Received 15 Sept 1999School House Stratford Road Wootton Wawen B95 6BY
Received 18 Apr 2018The Old Forge 2 - 3 The Green Chesterton Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9LE
Received 20 Jan 2003Coventry And East Mercia Co-Operative Society Ltd High Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HW
Received 28 Apr 2021Orchard Barn Front Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LN
Received 8 Dec 2017Hurdlers Cottage Hurdlers Lane Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PT
Received 8 Aug 2024Comptons House High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EA
Received 14 Jan 202621 Ivy Lane Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HN
Received 2 Oct 199812 Brookside Avenue Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9RZ
Received 14 Jul 2006Rainbow Nurseries Welford Hill Long Marston Road Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8AE
Received 26 Apr 2002Shipston On Stour Junior & Infant School Station Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4BT
Received 16 Nov 1998Stratford Upon Avon Business Park Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 25 Apr 2017Verges And Highway Wyre Lane Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 17 Dec 1999Moores Cottage Goldicote Road Loxley Warwick CV35 9LA
Received 24 Feb 2003Records 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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