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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
72,401 approved · 8,867 refused · 7,664 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Wood Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6JF
Received 6 Apr 1993Shangrila Binton Road Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PW
Received 17 Sept 1996Hinefield House 4 Home Farm Court Cow Lane Lower Brailes Banbury OX15 5HF
Received 17 Mar 2014Pear Tree Cottage Bearley Road Aston Cantlow Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6HZ
Received 28 Aug 1996The Barn Welford Pastures Barton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8HD
Received 27 Jan 2025Maypole Stores High Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EF
Received 9 Jan 2003Launceston Poolhead Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5EH
Received 7 Oct 2001Corner Cottage The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0JG
Received 2 Apr 20034 Bridge End School Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DE
Received 7 Apr 2009Hemmings Farm Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0PN
Received 8 Feb 2001The Shambles Church Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9PW
Received 10 Feb 200527 Gaydon Road Bishops Itchington Southam CV47 2QW
Received 8 Apr 2013Bedlam Lodge Little Wolford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HA
Received 15 Jun 2004Orchard Barn Ecclestone Court Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TQ
Received 25 Oct 2000Stockton Primary School School Street Stockton CV47 8JE
Received 2 Feb 20225 Martin Close Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6SF
Received 7 Oct 2010Maudslay Park Great Alne Alcester B49 6HT
Received 22 May 2014Scrap Yard Birmingham Road Bearley B95 6DR
Received 14 Feb 202019 St Martins Close Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9QW
Received 15 Dec 200313-14 Meer Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QB
Received 13 Feb 1996Whitley Edge Lane Henley-in-Arden B95 5DT
Received 8 Apr 20116 Manor Road Stockton CV47 8JF
Received 29 Jan 2020The Old Coach House Coventry Street Southam Warwickshire CV47 0EL
Received 18 May 20091 Park Close Warwick Road Kineton Warwick CV35 0HW
Received 5 Sept 2013Records 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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