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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71,935 approved · 8,787 refused · 7,625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land SE Of Bridgetown Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 24 Dec 2004East View Barton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EY
Received 19 Aug 202435 West Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DN
Received 22 Aug 2016Elms Farmhouse Newbold Pacey Warwick CV35 9DP
Received 4 Feb 2025The Old School Friars Lane Lower Brailes Brailes Warwickshire OX15 5HU
Received 12 Aug 2022Brantano Unit D The Maybird Centre Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HZ
Received 5 Dec 20122 Orchard Cottages Saddledon Street Mddle Tysoe
Received 9 Oct 1992Holly Tree Cottage Arlescote Banbury OX17 1DQ
Received 31 Jan 201219 Sherwell Drive Alcester Warwickshire B49 5HA
Received 3 Jul 2008Orchard House Church Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JD
Received 4 Nov 2011Nineveh Farm Idlicote Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5EH
Received 25 Jul 2012Beaugill Cotswold Close Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NR
Received 31 Jan 2022Arborfield Cottage Dorsington Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RW
Received 17 Apr 200236A Wood Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6JG
Received 21 Oct 2002Twyn Cottage Mill Lane Kineton Warwick CV35 0LA
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Adj The Garth Howcombe Lane Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire
Received 4 Jul 2001Stepstones Farm Newbold On Stour Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8DP
Received 13 Dec 2000Wheelwrights Cottage Binton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9TW
Received 5 Jan 2012Lamp Posts 8, 9, 10, 13, 17 And 19 Birmingham Rd, Studley
Received 13 Dec 2018Oversley Hill Farm Stratford Road Oversley Green Alcester B49 6LR
Received 16 Apr 2012The Old Post Office Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0PW
Received 18 Aug 2023Rear Of 42 Avon Crescent And Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 8 Jun 20168 Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7AE
Received 4 Sept 20239 Fordham Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6XD
Received 11 Oct 2002Records 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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