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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
67,800 approved · 8,170 refused · 7,329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Tower Hill Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4DY
Received 31 May 200526 Luddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9SF
Received 20 Feb 2018Hill House Snitterfield Road Hampton Lucy Warwick CV35 8AU
Received 26 Aug 20241 Glebe Road Claverdon CV35 8NX
Received 13 Oct 2020Cobblestones Little Wolford Road Cherington CV36 5HS
Received 23 Aug 2021Hillside Alveston Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7QF
Received 4 Jul 2011The Firs Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5DP
Received 3 Oct 2017Wincott Hill Farm Lower End Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PQ
Received 27 Feb 1997Birmingham House 8-10 Church Street Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AP
Received 14 Feb 2025North Ridge Shotteswell Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1JA
Received 14 Mar 2001Flint Hall Newbold Pacey Warwick CV35 9DY
Received 26 Jan 2009Sykes House Queen Street Halford CV36 5BT
Received 6 Sept 2019230 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DU
Received 2 Jan 2025Existing Garage Courtyard Off Mayfield Road Southam Warwickshire
Received 23 Mar 2006Recreation Ground Clifford Chambers Warwickshire
Received 4 Aug 2009Cafe At Marston Grounds Farm Station Road Long Marston CV37 8RP
Received 9 Feb 2018Turnpike Hill Barn Long Compton
Received 8 Sept 202166 Hawthorn Way Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4FD
Received 19 Aug 2004Harperley Penn Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5HN
Received 21 Aug 2008Theatre Gardens Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 13 Mar 2024The Old Mill House Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NJ
Received 20 Jan 20255 Old School Mead Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4AW
Received 23 Feb 2026Little Crofts Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7NF
Received 28 Jan 20048 Dovehouse Drive Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QZ
Received 7 Jan 2025Records 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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