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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
71,556 approved · 8,728 refused · 7,608 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 1989 to 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dove Cottage 1 Priors Court Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RH
Received 14 May 20071 The Gables Brook Road Aston Cantlow Henley-in-Arden B95 6JD
Received 25 Apr 20256 Johns Close Studley B80 7EQ
Received 6 Sept 2018Fairfield Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 3 May 2002Compton Verney Mansion Compton Verney Warwick CV35 9HZ
Received 17 Sept 2025Armscote Fields Farm Fosse Way Halford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4HT
Received 9 Oct 2024Plum Tree Lower Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5HZ
Received 19 Feb 2001The Old Forge Iron Cross Salford Priors Evesham Worcestershire WR11 8SH
Received 27 Mar 20033 Turvins Meadow Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RZ
Received 6 Feb 202643 Shipston Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7LN
Received 11 Sept 2020The Lodge Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0PJ
Received 25 Sept 2017In The Parish Of Stockton
Received 7 Jul 2020158 Alcester Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7NT
Received 23 Oct 20031 Duffus Hill Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AX
Received 17 Oct 2005Two Fields Being Numbered 7954 And Part 5563 Hitherto Forming Part Of Long Marston Grounds Long Marston
Received 24 Jan 2024Yew Tree Farm The Green Long Itchington Southam CV47 9PQ
Received 3 Sept 201319-20 Evesham Place Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6HT
Received 1 May 20038 Harris Mews Henley-in-Arden B95 5DN
Received 29 Sept 2025Snowford Hill Farm Stonebridge Lane Long Itchington Southam CV47 9QF
Received 15 Nov 201818 Tavern Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HE
Received 23 Jun 2014Coughton Court, Museum Coughton Fields Lane Kinwarton Coughton B49 5JA
Received 10 Mar 2021Old Dyke Buildings Idlicote CV36 5EH
Received 17 May 202130 Shipston Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LP
Received 1 Jul 19966 Leather Street Long Itchington Southam CV47 9RD
Received 22 Jan 2014Records 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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