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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75,088 approved · 9,477 refused · 7,895 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lloyds Bank Plc 48 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AA
Received 14 Sept 1998Land At Wolverton Crossroads Wolverton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 5 Mar 2001The Old Brickyard Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5AZ
Received 20 May 2013Orchard Farm Ardens Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DU
Received 25 Jun 201025 Kings Coughton Lane Kings Coughton Alcester Warwickshire B49 5QE
Received 27 Sept 2004Old School Cottage Combrook Warwick CV35 9HP
Received 10 Aug 2018Church Hill Farm Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 14 Apr 2014Cherry Blossom House 51 Grove Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6PB
Received 16 Apr 2014Four Alls Inn Binton Road Welford-On-Avon CV37 8PW
Received 5 May 2017New Place Tredington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4NL
Received 28 Apr 2006Ash Tree House Ilmington Road Blackwell Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PE
Received 7 Jun 20245 Chapel Street Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QU
Received 11 Jan 1996Newstead Riverside Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7BD
Received 9 Jul 19989 Broad Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6HN
Received 10 Feb 1993Green Gates Caravan Park Kings Lane Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0QA
Received 23 Mar 2021Steep Orchard Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5AT
Received 16 Dec 202513 Springfield Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4EY
Received 9 Feb 200416 Limes Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9BQ
Received 24 Oct 201394 High Street Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5BY
Received 20 Aug 2001Part Of Mill Farm Ashorne Warwick
Received 24 Jun 2004SIG Roofspace Alcester Heath Alcester B49 5JG
Received 23 Oct 201913 Cherry Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6DF
Received 17 May 1994Herons Cabin Bush Heath Lane Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9NF
Received 14 Mar 2022The Spinney Hall Lane Harbury Warwickshire CV33 9HG
Received 22 Mar 2016Records 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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