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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
73,281 approved · 9,060 refused · 7,728 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Dec 1987 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Selion Cottage Croft Farm Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7NF
Received 20 Jun 20162 Pine Tree Crescent Southam Warwickshire CV47 1EH
Received 22 Feb 199920 New Street Tiddington CV37 7DA
Received 23 Sept 2019Costcutter 38A - 38B High Street Studley B80 7HJ
Received 14 Jun 2017Marlcliff Farm The Bank Marlcliff Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4NT
Received 8 Sept 1995Church Cottage School Lane Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RR
Received 29 Jan 2026Vine House Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HS
Received 11 Nov 1997Rose Cottage The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JF
Received 24 Jun 2013The Hollies Rouse Lane Oxhill Warwick CV35 0NZ
Received 20 Aug 20108 Wellington Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9JQ
Received 20 May 2019Major Marks House Cherington House Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire
Received 30 Apr 2001Applegrove Whatcote Road Oxhill CV35 0RA
Received 2 Nov 201723 Holbrook Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9DZ
Received 11 Feb 2022Barn Cottage Chapel Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8QE
Received 19 Dec 2003Post Box Cottage Avon Dassett Southam CV47 2AP
Received 29 May 2012Crossfit Yield Unit 4 Unit 21 Tything Road West Kinwarton Alcester B49 6ES
Received 15 Apr 2020The Pines The Green Claverdon Warwick CV35 8LL
Received 6 Nov 2006Field 9448 Aylesmore Warwickshire
Received 21 Jul 2008Radbrook Manor Radbrook Road Preston-On-Stour CV37 8NH
Received 6 Nov 201810 Coughton Lane Coughton Alcester B49 5HN
Received 17 Jun 2011Ivy Cottage Bakehouse Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JA
Received 8 Mar 2023Alidou Middletown Lane Studley B80 7PN
Received 29 Jan 2018Church Barns Farm Coughton Fields Lane Coughton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6BS
Received 6 May 20107 Harris Close Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5DE
Received 4 Jul 2001Records 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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