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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
72,216 approved · 8,821 refused · 7,646 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adj To White Gates Butt Hill Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire
Received 16 Jun 2000Land Adjacent To School Cottages Pillerton Hersey
Received 18 Jun 202124 High Street Henley-In-Arden B95 5AN
Received 6 Feb 2017The Old Vicarage Southam Street Kineton Warwick CV35 0LL
Received 24 Jun 2022Tymass Cottage Frog Lane Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EQ
Received 31 Dec 199324 Ash Grove Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 0DR
Received 16 Jan 2018Bayards Bridge Street Fenny Compton Southam Warwickshire CV47 2XY
Received 14 Aug 2007102 Shottery Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9QB
Received 30 May 20226 Windmill Close Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LY
Received 20 Aug 2021General Site Beechcroft The Green Long Itchington
Received 24 Sept 201411 Westholme Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AL
Received 22 Mar 199620 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DP
Received 11 Jan 2011Brookhampton Farm Brookhampton Kineton Warwick CV35 0NR
Received 23 Jan 2001Old Grove Farm Umberslade Hockley Heath Solihull West Midlands B94 5DQ
Received 17 Jul 2007The Stags Head 1 Chestnut Square Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QS
Received 24 Jan 1996The Baptist Church Payton Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6UA
Received 3 Aug 1995Land Adj Resevoir Kings Lane Snitterfield Warwickshire
Received 20 Aug 2008Malt House Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5BA
Received 11 Feb 2022Farnborough Fields Farm Southam Road Farnborough Banbury OX17 1EF
Received 19 Aug 2025Ettington Hall Rookery Lane Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7TN
Received 9 Aug 1994Kings Barn Manor Farm Ladbroke Southam CV47 2DF
Received 14 Aug 20143 Chantry Crescent Alcester Warwickshire B49 5BT
Received 22 Apr 2008Grange Cottage Brook Lane Newbold-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8UA
Received 6 Mar 201457 Priory Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5EA
Received 4 Apr 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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