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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
75,068 approved · 9,472 refused · 7,890 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Chinnerys Church End Priors Hardwick
Received 1 May 2015The Paddocks Shuckburgh Road Napton-on-the-Hill CV47 8NL
Received 23 May 20247 Elm Close Southam Warwickshire CV47 1HT
Received 16 Oct 20073 Ascot Close Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9FN
Received 21 Jan 201992 Seymour Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 6EF
Received 27 Aug 1997The Cottage Warwick Road Kineton Warwick CV35 0HW
Received 15 Mar 1993The Old School House Old School Lane Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AX
Received 3 Mar 2011Garrick Inn 25 High Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6AU
Received 26 Sept 1995Old Dyke Buildings Near Lower Ninevah Farm Idlicote
Received 25 Jan 2002Carisbrook Billesley Road Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9XG
Received 18 Mar 2004108 Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7BB
Received 19 Apr 2011Adjoining Field To The South West Of Malt House Farm Edge Lane Preston Bagot
Received 6 Sept 2024Pleasure Farm Darlingscott Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PN
Received 6 Dec 201922 St James Crescent Southam Warwickshire CV47 0LX
Received 9 Feb 199314 Sheep Street Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AF
Received 26 Apr 2006Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0RG
Received 31 Mar 1994The Old House The Green Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5AJ
Received 3 Nov 2020Land Adj 2 Orchard Close Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 15 Jun 1998The Chestnuts House Byfield Road Priors Marston Warwickshire CV47 7RP
Received 26 Feb 20243 Brook Lane Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AT
Received 4 Nov 2024Coughton Park Wood Sambourne Lane Coughton
Received 10 Jun 20224 Main Street Tiddington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7AZ
Received 12 Sept 20021 Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8HR
Received 17 Jul 202687 High Street Bidford-On-Avon B50 4BG
Received 8 Mar 2019Records 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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