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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
69,092 approved · 8,331 refused · 7,422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dorset House Church Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AH
Received 7 Jan 20169 The Brickall Long Marston CV37 8QL
Received 2 Nov 2017Barns At Oxhill
Received 5 Jan 2012The Olde Barn Shelfield Alcester Warwickshire B49 6JW
Received 20 Dec 200136 High Street Studley Warwickshire B80 7HJ
Received 5 Apr 200522 Western Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0AH
Received 7 Dec 2017Old Farmhouse Wilcox Farm Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AN
Received 26 Apr 2011Land At Stratford Business Park Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 5 Oct 2022Cherington Arms Main Street Cherington Warwickshire CV36 5HS
Received 8 Feb 202424 Hopkins Way Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9UE
Received 16 Oct 2002The Old Power House Campden Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4DD
Received 2 Dec 2005Top New Zealand Farm Napton Road Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HU
Received 1 May 2009Land Corner Of Shottery Road And Quineys Road Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 14 Mar 2000The Old Forge Knightcote Southam Warwickshire CV47 2SF
Received 6 Jan 2000Abbotswold Barton On Heath Road Great Wolford Warwickshire CV36 5NQ
Received 27 Oct 2022Arlescote House Arlescote Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1DQ
Received 4 May 2010Southfield Farm Compton Scorpion Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PJ
Received 25 Jan 2016Oak Tree Farm Redditch Road Ullenhall Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire
Received 22 Oct 2007Alcester Cemetery Birmingham Road Alcester
Received 17 Oct 202264 Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7BA
Received 21 Aug 200897 Banbury Road Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7SR
Received 20 Mar 2007Peewit Lodge Little Compton Road Kitebrook Warwickshire GL56 0PQ
Received 10 Sept 2015Land Off Barley Fields Long Marston CV37 8SN
Received 18 May 2026Temple Grafton C Of E School Temple Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6NU
Received 6 Nov 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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