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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
69,892 approved · 8,448 refused · 7,488 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Dec 1993 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Long Marston Road Welford-on-Avon CV37 8RA
Received 28 Apr 2020Banda Broad Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JH
Received 25 May 200118 Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4NP
Received 16 Feb 2004Flat 4 The Close Saffron Meadow Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6GD
Received 17 Jun 1999Land Adjacent The Service Station Banbury Road Southam
Received 9 Dec 20161 Banning Corner Main Road Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RT
Received 22 Jun 2006Pearcecroft Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7DU
Received 17 Jul 1996Apex House 27 Arden Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6NW
Received 11 Apr 2023Linhill 18 Evesham Place Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6HT
Received 14 Feb 202321 The Driftway Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4QH
Received 4 Mar 1998Snitterfield Fruit Farm Kings Lane Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0QA
Received 14 Apr 20031 Mill House Main Street Burmington CV36 5AF
Received 31 Oct 2016168 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7DT
Received 21 Feb 2000The Old Rectory The Green Warmington Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1BU
Received 8 Oct 200818 St Martins Avenue Studley B80 7JJ
Received 29 Aug 2025Lavender Cottage 1 High Street Fenny Compton Southam CV47 2XT
Received 25 Mar 2011The Old Forge Wimpstone Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8NS
Received 28 Sept 2011Brookside Farm Middletown Lane Studley B80 7PW
Received 24 Jun 2016Little Butts Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HZ
Received 2 Jul 20043 Spring Cottages Snuff Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JH
Received 6 Aug 2013Boltons Close Hellidon Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RN
Received 23 Jan 20097 The Crescent Salters Lane Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6DW
Received 19 Jan 201128 Node Hill Studley Warwickshire B80 7RG
Received 17 May 2000Ardencote Tavern Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HE
Received 24 Aug 2016Records 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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