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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
75,090 approved · 9,477 refused · 7,895 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coventry Road DNS Coventry Road Southam
Received 29 Oct 2021Melbourne House Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PE
Received 1 Jun 200729 Station Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7JU
Received 5 Feb 2004Greenacres Ullenhall Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5PL
Received 13 Jun 20011 Feldon Way Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7EE
Received 1 Mar 2016Langston Farm Langston Farm Road Little Compton GL56 0SH
Received 4 Oct 201824 Gunners Lane Studley Warwickshire B80 7LX
Received 24 Sept 2007Vodafone 30183 Farnborough Hill Farm Southam Road Farnborough
Received 30 Apr 20269 Berry Meadow Fenny Compton CV47 2YQ
Received 20 Jan 2020New England Farm Northend Southam Warwickshire CV47 2BA
Received 13 Apr 1992Land And Building Off Church Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire
Received 23 Dec 20031 Manston Drive Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9TG
Received 23 Feb 2011Aston Martin Lagonda Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0RG
Received 27 Feb 2014Westbridge House 19 Church Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7QJ
Received 21 Mar 20126 Mountford Rise Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AY
Received 20 Sept 2012Between Walls Tredington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4NJ
Received 28 Feb 20005 Horse Fair Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4PD
Received 12 Jul 1990Somerton House Lower Tysoe Warwick CV35 0BZ
Received 5 Oct 2020Jaguar Land Rover Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0RG
Received 2 Feb 201129 Redditch Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7AU
Received 6 Nov 1992The Cottage Arlescote Road Arlescote Warwickshire OX17 1DQ
Received 31 Aug 2022Ashleigh Butt Hill Napton-On-The-Hill CV47 8NE
Received 6 Aug 2018Upper Lighthorne New Settlement (formerly Gaydon/Lighthorne Heath) Phase 2B Parcel C2
Received 22 Feb 202234 Manor Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7EA
Received 5 Sept 2017Records 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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