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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
71,935 approved · 8,787 refused · 7,625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Steppes Piece Farm Victoria Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AR
Received 22 Nov 1996North Farm Cherington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HZ
Received 26 May 2020Lock Up Garages Hodgson Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 14 Dec 2020Brook House The Bank Stourton Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HQ
Received 27 May 2026Vanburgh House 4 The Old Walled Garden Compton Verney Warwick CV35 9HJ
Received 18 Feb 202220 Barkus Close Southam Warwickshire CV47 1GB
Received 16 Feb 2016Railway Station Station Approach Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6PL
Received 17 Jan 2001Orchard Cottage Dorsington Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RW
Received 18 Oct 2006Meadow View Wolverton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0HG
Received 5 Aug 19964 Grange Close Southam CV47 0JR
Received 21 Oct 201169 West Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6DR
Received 13 Dec 200613 Wood Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6JF
Received 23 May 2024The Butts Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HZ
Received 5 Nov 2007Westcote Manor Edgehill Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 6HS
Received 9 Feb 19937 Halifax Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9LD
Received 3 Sept 201217 Byron Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7JP
Received 2 Oct 2017In The Parish Of Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 4 Sept 1997The Dirty Duck Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BA
Received 26 Sept 200318 St Wulstan Way Southam Warwickshire CV47 1TT
Received 24 Jun 2003Heath Lodge Ullenhall Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5PW
Received 14 Jun 199319 Icknield Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BX
Received 17 Nov 2003The Orchard School Lane Warmington Banbury OX17 1DE
Received 18 Nov 202018 Church Lane Aston Cantlow Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6JB
Received 5 Sept 2008Cottage Stores The Green Claverdon Warwick CV35 8LL
Received 19 Sept 2006Records 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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