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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
75,064 approved · 9,472 refused · 7,890 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 College Lane Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DD
Received 28 May 2019Hollow Meadow Farm Kings Lane Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0QA
Received 15 Jun 2016Orchard House 8 Bridge Street Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QP
Received 11 Jan 2013Newlands Caravan Site Loxley Lane Wellesbourne CV35 9EN
Received 25 Feb 2011Park House Whitchurch Road Whitchurch CV37 8PD
Received 22 Apr 2016Morrisons Alcester Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 9DA
Received 27 Oct 201646 Old School Mead Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AW
Received 25 Feb 2008TSB Bank Plc 8-9 Meer Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QB
Received 9 Sept 1998Meadow Bank Birmingham Road Mappleborough Green Warwickshire B80 7DF
Received 11 Jan 2024The Warren Land Off Bishopton Lane Bishopton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 6 Oct 1989Drying Area Site At Congreve Way Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 15 Oct 20071 Wincott Close Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7EP
Received 30 May 2017Landrail Crockwell Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JN
Received 4 May 2004Lloyds TSB Bank High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4NJ
Received 2 Jan 2013Southwood Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TW
Received 26 Apr 2008Alcester Methodist Church Priory Road Alcester B49 5DX
Received 23 Feb 2011Stonecroft Post Office Lane Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AP
Received 20 Sept 2007Ivy Cottage Back Lane Tysoe Warwick CV35 0SJ
Received 3 Feb 2003The Flat Folly Fields Farm Ladbroke Road Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2RP
Received 12 Apr 2010Auto Services Barn 3 Tracy Farm Redditch Road Ullenhall Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5NY
Received 30 May 2001Ascott House Ascott Hill Ascott CV36 5PP
Received 20 Nov 2019Long Marston Airfield Campden Road Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8LL
Received 13 Apr 19952 Weatheroak Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 6RF
Received 20 Nov 200253 Oversley Mill Park Mill Lane Oversley Green Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LL
Received 8 Apr 2004Records 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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