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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71,556 approved · 8,728 refused · 7,608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Midcot Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5AX
Received 11 Apr 2022Waters Edge Honington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5AA
Received 19 Aug 2024Henley Water Gardens Whitley Hill Henley-In-Arden B95 5DL
Received 7 Sept 2017Redwood Lodge Vicarage Hill Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5EA
Received 19 Jan 199817 Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BG
Received 25 Feb 201025 The Grove Studley Warwickshire B80 7QL
Received 31 Jul 2006Famington Farm Georges Elm Lane Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4JY
Received 13 May 20145 Beaudesert Place Beaudesert Lane Henley-in-Arden B95 5BF
Received 12 Feb 2018Valley Farm Exhall Alcester Warwickshire B49 6EA
Received 2 Feb 1994Canalside Yard Brickyard Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8NF
Received 26 Oct 2006The Cottage Parsons Farm Plough Lane Bishops Itchington Southam CV47 2QG
Received 25 Jun 200119 Hathaway Green Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9HX
Received 30 Jan 2001The Bungalow Mill Street Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HS
Received 9 Jul 2003Woodlands School Lane Ladbroke Southam CV47 2BX
Received 24 Feb 20157 Hillyard Road Southam Warwickshire CV47 0LD
Received 23 May 1994Broom Hall Inn Bidford Road Broom Alcester Warwickshire B50 4HE
Received 21 Dec 2006Billesley Manor Billesley Road Billesley B49 6NF
Received 14 Jun 20196 Jeffs Close Upper Tysoe Warwick CV35 0TQ
Received 22 Jan 2003Ashfield House 3 Gunn Court Park Lane Great Alne Alcester Warwickshire B49 6HS
Received 7 Nov 2002Welford House High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EA
Received 31 Mar 202520 Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4NP
Received 21 Jan 2003Arborfield Cottage Dorsington Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RW
Received 31 Oct 20023 Constance Drive Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9JA
Received 16 Jul 2004Turnpike Cottage Oxhill Bridle Road Pillerton Hersey Warwick CV35 0QB
Received 22 Dec 2010Records 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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