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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
74,671 approved · 9,390 refused · 7,858 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 Shottery Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9QQ
Received 10 Sept 2004Cuttle Beck 22 Banbury Road Southam Warwickshire CV47 1HL
Received 3 Aug 2009Stratford Sports Club Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LS
Received 22 Mar 2006Wharf Farm Middle Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4LS
Received 8 Jul 1996St Faiths C Of E Junior School St Faiths Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 6AG
Received 17 Nov 2004Land Off School Hill Napton-on-the-Hill
Received 17 Mar 19971 Kents Lane Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7SJ
Received 5 Jun 20141649 Cottage Rectory Lane Lower Brailes Banbury OX15 5HY
Received 28 Aug 2015Holly Tree Cottage Snitterfield Road Bearley Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0SJ
Received 17 May 2011189 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7DU
Received 29 Jan 200959 Avon Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7EZ
Received 11 May 2015The Old Rectory Avon Dassett Southam CV47 2AH
Received 13 Nov 2014Shipston High School Darlingscote Road Shipston-On-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4DY
Received 5 Sept 20232A College Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BN
Received 6 Apr 201046 Tower Hill Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4DY
Received 31 May 20053 Warwick Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YP
Received 19 Aug 2021Chesterton Fields Farm Fosse Way Chesterton Leamington Spa CV33 9JY
Received 27 May 20259 Chestnut Square Wellesbourne Warwickshire CV35 9QS
Received 28 Apr 201512 Oaktree Close Duffus Hill Moreton Morrell CV35 9BB
Received 13 Feb 20171 Martin Close Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6SF
Received 22 Oct 2013Blacksmiths Barns Crimscote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8UE
Received 13 Oct 2010The Firs Butt Hill Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8NE
Received 31 Jul 20157 Tiddington Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7AE
Received 3 Nov 2020Washbrook House Little Compton Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0RX
Received 23 Dec 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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