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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
71,295 approved · 8,657 refused · 7,590 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 1989 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Britain Farm Ardens Grafton Alcester B49 6DU
Received 3 Jul 2025Arden Heath Farm Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DU
Received 8 Feb 2021Elmcroft Dorsington Road Dorsington CV37 8AT
Received 2 Mar 2017The Old Vicarage Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6BD
Received 30 Aug 2026Peewit Cottage Little Compton Road Kitebrook GL56 0PQ
Received 9 Apr 2018Electronic Communications Apparatus PCP011 Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon
Received 12 Feb 20163 Arden Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6PA
Received 11 Dec 1995Old Post Office High Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HW
Received 27 Jul 2022Home Farm Cottages Old School Lane Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AX
Received 30 Jan 2020Chartley House Grafton Lane Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TZ
Received 24 May 1995Aston Martin Lagonda Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0RG
Received 3 Oct 2014Haven Pastures Liveridge Hill Henley-in-Arden
Received 18 Apr 2017Wheelwrights Cottage Church Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8PD
Received 20 Jul 2021Greystones Stratford Road Shipston-On-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4HU
Received 31 Oct 2022Loxley Farm Stratford Road Loxley Warwick CV35 9JN
Received 18 Mar 2026Springbrook Farm Malthouse Lane Earlswood Solihull West Midlands B94 5DX
Received 8 Jun 19994 Bleachfield Street Alcester B49 5BA
Received 9 Mar 2011Mill Farm Barton Road Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5NZ
Received 26 May 2022Meadow View Cotswold Close Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NR
Received 18 Mar 2021Land Off Langdon Lane Radway
Received 24 Nov 2014Land Off Fletchers Way Wellesbourne Warwick
Received 27 Sept 2005Welland House Byfield Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RP
Received 23 Dec 2008The Fold 8 Chapel Close Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8QJ
Received 30 Jan 2017The Barn Windmill Hill Farm Windmill Hill Lane Chesterton Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9LB
Received 15 Jan 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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