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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
75,088 approved · 9,477 refused · 7,895 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jul 1984 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coughton Court Coughton Alcester B49 5JA
Received 9 May 20245 Manor Green Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7ES
Received 1 Jul 199110 Rowley Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6UT
Received 6 Oct 20226 John Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6UB
Received 14 Jun 2005Hobdays Front Street Ilmington Warwickshire CV36 4LN
Received 19 Oct 2022Rose Cottage Kings Lane Broom Alcester Warwickshire B50 4HB
Received 27 Apr 2001243 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5BG
Received 28 Jul 201519 Mill Street Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HR
Received 29 Jan 1991Shire Cottage Littleworth Farm Honington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5EL
Received 20 Apr 2026Unit C (Former Pets At Home) The Maybird Centre Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HZ
Received 8 Apr 2020Ash Cottage High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EF
Received 9 Nov 2016Carpenters Farm Warmington Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1JJ
Received 30 Dec 2004Saddlers Cottage High Street Fenny Compton Southam Warwickshire CV47 2YG
Received 8 Jul 200220 Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4NP
Received 1 Jun 1992Swift Barn Radway Warwick CV35 0UN
Received 3 Jul 1995Garden House Back Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LJ
Received 3 Nov 2025Fir Trees Farm Hellidon Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RN
Received 22 Aug 2002Manor Farm Luddington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9SJ
Received 24 Oct 1997School Cottage School Close Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5LA
Received 2 Jun 20146 Warwick Crescent Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YP
Received 25 Jun 20267 Ely Gardens Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6FB
Received 21 Feb 2001Glebe Farmhouse Wolverton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HE
Received 2 Feb 2022Avon Heights Swans Nest Lane Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7LS
Received 6 Jul 2020Alne Park Park Lane Great Alne Alcester B49 6HS
Received 11 Sept 2023Records 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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