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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
75,039 approved · 9,470 refused · 7,889 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 1985 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Bitham Road Lighthorne Heath Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9TY
Received 17 Jan 1991Green Acres Old Fosse Way Tredington CV36 4NN
Received 13 Jun 2018Reedbrook Ford Lane Langley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0HN
Received 18 Aug 2006Daisy Cottage 126 - 128 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5BS
Received 7 Feb 2025Acorns Primary School School Close Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire
Received 27 Sept 2010Welford Pastures House Barton Road Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HD
Received 13 Dec 1994The Cottage The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JG
Received 10 Jun 2025Reed College The Manor Little Compton Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0RZ
Received 22 Nov 1999Farriers Croft Crofts Farm Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7NF
Received 19 Jan 2000Traps Green Farm Forde Hall Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5AX
Received 11 May 20157 Manor Road Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HY
Received 1 Apr 19894 Evesham Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DN
Received 23 Jul 1990The Elms Plough Lane Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2QG
Received 21 Aug 2001Pennyford The Avenue Bishopton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0RH
Received 3 Jun 2026Haselor Grounds Great Alne Alcester B49 6HP
Received 8 Mar 20221 Flint Hall Cottages Newbold Pacey
Received 22 Aug 20127 Vicarage Lane Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HA
Received 7 Feb 2001Mayfield Farm Bear Lane Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5JJ
Received 4 Jul 2003Yew Tree Cottage Haselor Alcester B49 6LU
Received 22 Sept 201621 Waterloo Crescent Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4DP
Received 29 Mar 2016Bayards Bridge Street Fenny Compton Southam Warwickshire CV47 2XY
Received 11 Aug 2006Green Man Inn Church Road Long Itchington Southam CV47 9PW
Received 1 Sept 2023The Old Post Office Main Street Stretton-On-Fosse Warwickshire GL56 9SA
Received 9 Jan 2024The Mary Arden Inn The Green Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9XJ
Received 12 Sept 2025Records 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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