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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73,281 approved · 9,060 refused · 7,728 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 High Street Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5BY
Received 26 Jan 200441 Mansell Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6NR
Received 6 Apr 2005Linden House The Avenue Bishopton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0RH
Received 22 Dec 2003Land At Granby Road Honington
Received 7 Oct 2013OS 3114 Land Off Henley Road Claverdon Warwick
Received 12 Mar 2003Yew Trees Bull Ring Farm Road Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HQ
Received 20 May 2014Winchcombe Barn Shenington Road Upper Tysoe Warwick CV35 0TH
Received 1 Oct 2015Greenbanks Chapel Lane Ratley Banbury OX15 6DS
Received 19 Sept 2011Bidford Grange Golf Club Bidford Grange Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4LY
Received 24 Apr 1991Old Post Office Binton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9TW
Received 23 Mar 202618 Salford Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4EN
Received 6 Jan 2017Jaguar Cars Ltd Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0XJ
Received 31 May 20238 Poplar Close Knightcote Southam CV47 2SG
Received 24 Feb 2025Park House Church Street Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AS
Received 8 May 2013New Inn Stores Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6AS
Received 30 Jan 2003The Orchards Buckley Green Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5QF
Received 22 Apr 201031 Stockton Road Long Itchington CV47 9QP
Received 20 May 202142 Aintree Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9FU
Received 10 Dec 2024Marriage Hill Nurseries 45 Salford Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4EY
Received 3 Dec 2001Land West Of Tracy Farm Redditch Road Ullenhall
Received 22 Mar 201323 Bristol Way Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9TJ
Received 21 Dec 1999Westcroft Armscote Road Tredington CV36 4NP
Received 12 Sept 20192 Ropewalk Alcester B49 5DD
Received 30 Jul 2020Land Adjacent 17 Leam Road Lighthorne Heath
Received 19 Feb 2014Records 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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