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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
68,138 approved · 8,217 refused · 7,352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highcroft Campden Hill Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4JF
Received 14 Mar 2025Everyman Cinema Cinema Unit Bell Yard Shopping Centre High Street Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 8 Dec 2016Grovefields House Hampton Lucy Warwick CV35 8AT
Received 25 May 2011Sharmer Fields House Fosse Way Radford Semele Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 1XH
Received 7 Mar 2002Sundial Cottage Knightcote Southam Warwickshire CV47 2SF
Received 9 Jun 2008Sunnyfields 143 Luddington Road Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9SQ
Received 10 Jun 201510 Dorsington Manor Dorsington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8AU
Received 26 Aug 2024Heron Brook Lodge Front Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4QP
Received 9 Sept 1996Dorothea Mitchell Hall Station Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8HF
Received 26 Sept 2025Morgrove Barn Morton Bagot Road Morton Bagot B80 7EP
Received 23 Apr 2020Old Post Office House Bridge Street Kineton Warwick CV35 0JR
Received 13 May 20115 College Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BN
Received 27 Mar 2006Former Bowling Green Fosse Way Halford
Received 15 Jan 20241 Lower Terrace Lower End Avon Dassett CV47 2AU
Received 7 Jul 20208 Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6HB
Received 24 Aug 2009Saddlers House 9 Leather Street Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9RD
Received 26 Mar 200810 Preston-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8NG
Received 22 Apr 2005Land Off Ridgeway Lane Snowford Hill CV47 9QE
Received 30 Oct 2023Ryeclose Kings Coughton Alcester Warwickshire B49 5QF
Received 25 Mar 2004Halls Croft Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BG
Received 5 Jan 20183 Manor Farm Cottages Luddington CV37 9SL
Received 20 Mar 201915 Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HR
Received 12 Feb 2001Pettiphers Garages Ltd Church Street Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AT
Received 19 Mar 1997The Old Stables Stretton-on-Fosse Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9SD
Received 20 Sept 2007Records 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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