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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
75,083 approved · 9,477 refused · 7,895 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Poachers Cottage The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0JF
Received 6 Mar 2009Cherry Cottage Haselor Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LU
Received 12 Nov 1997Little Meadow Lower End Priors Hardwick Southam CV47 7SP
Received 14 Sept 2021Avonhurst Cottage Tiddington Road Tiddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7AQ
Received 20 Apr 2022Bancroft Service Station Guild Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6NR
Received 10 Jul 1990Gredenton Dog Lane Fenny Compton Southam Warwickshire CV47 2YD
Received 18 Oct 1994Cherington Arms Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HS
Received 22 Jun 2007The Hollies High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EA
Received 3 Apr 1997Orchard Cottage 36 Knights Lane Tiddington CV37 7BS
Received 24 Sept 2018Headlands Farm Chapel Green Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8PA
Received 30 Apr 2026Arrow Car Sales Arden Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 6HN
Received 26 Jun 200236 Seymour Road Alcester B49 6LD
Received 11 Feb 2013Land Adjacent To Poppywood Cottage Stratford Road Wellesbourne
Received 27 Feb 2006Alcester Business Centre 4 Kinwarton Farm Road Kinwarton Alcester B49 6EL
Received 26 May 202024 Oxford Street Southam Warwickshire CV47 1NS
Received 28 Jul 2008Simmonds Barn Charlecote Warwick CV35 9EW
Received 11 Apr 2003Swans Nest Hotel Swans Nest Lane Swans Nest Lane CV37 7LT
Received 11 May 2015Hillside Farm Avon Dassett Southam CV47 2AQ
Received 26 Nov 20106 Pine Close Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 9FB
Received 27 May 2020Orchard Nurseries Duck Lane Welford-On-Avon CV37 8QH
Received 24 Jun 2019Land Adjacent Wil Haven Darlingscote Road Shipston-on-Stour
Received 7 Dec 2023Greystones Welsh Road East Southam Warwickshire CV47 1NE
Received 18 May 1993Post Office 36 High Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AB
Received 10 Apr 19963 Eton Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7EJ
Received 22 Apr 2014Records 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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