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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
72,038 approved · 8,796 refused · 7,630 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hawthorns 109 Malthouse Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5RZ
Received 23 Apr 2020Flat 7 The Close Saffron Meadow Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6GD
Received 12 May 1998Land Rear Of Canalside Yard Brickyard Road Napton-on-the-Hill
Received 16 Mar 2018Netherfield Pittern Hill Kineton Warwick CV35 0JF
Received 19 Apr 2004Land At Tom Hill Tom Hill Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands
Received 17 Jul 1996Hill House Walcote Alcester B49 6LZ
Received 4 Feb 201551 Chapel Street Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QU
Received 15 Feb 1996Land Adjacent The Bungalow Wixford Road Bidford-on-Avon
Received 18 Dec 2018Former Debenhams And H&M Units 33-35 High Street & Unit 12 Taskers Way Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6AU
Received 20 Dec 202484 Shottery Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9QQ
Received 14 Oct 2004The Crown Daventry Street Southam Warwickshire CV47 1PH
Received 27 May 2003Willow House Wood End Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5DT
Received 4 Jul 2016Ashby Farm Cottage Back Lane Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5LG
Received 17 Aug 1992Rose Cottage Frog Lane Ilmington Warwickshire CV36 4LQ
Received 23 May 20226 High Croft Claverdon Warwick CV35 8LH
Received 19 Feb 20077 Shakespeare Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6RN
Received 14 Aug 2024Clifford Cottage 19 Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HR
Received 20 May 1996Farriers Croft Crofts Farm Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7NF
Received 18 Jan 2008The Bungalow Mill Lane Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EW
Received 12 May 2000Ivy Dene School Lane Warmington Banbury OX17 1DD
Received 22 Jan 2025Coventry Bridge Yard Station Yard Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire
Received 16 Jul 2001Whitley Farm Edge Lane Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5DT
Received 23 Jun 1995The Cottage Lower End Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PQ
Received 20 Mar 2000Mayumba Kings Coughton Lane Kings Coughton Alcester Warwickshire B49 5QE
Received 12 Dec 2007Records 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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