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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
75,120 approved · 9,483 refused · 7,896 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Aug 1983 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middlemarch Brook Lane Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AT
Received 2 Aug 2013Alscot Park Atherstone-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8BL
Received 22 Feb 2008Abbey Wood Penn Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5HH
Received 24 Aug 2005The Piggery Barton Farm Barns Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4NP
Received 8 Apr 2022Perrymill Cottage Perrymill Lane Sambourne Redditch Worcestershire B96 6PD
Received 23 Jan 2002The Stables Beaudesert Park Birmingham Road Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5QB
Received 18 Aug 200654 The Leys Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4DN
Received 13 Feb 2006The Dairy House Lane End Lower Tysoe Warwickshire CV35 0BZ
Received 6 Jan 2023College Farm Middle Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JQ
Received 6 Jun 20143 The Elms Maidenhead Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6YB
Received 22 Jul 2003Land At Warwick Road Gaydon
Received 8 Feb 2008Cemetary Evesham Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 10 Aug 201660 Malthouse Lane Earlswood B94 5SA
Received 19 May 2021Kings Head Hotel Charlecote Road Wellesbourne Warwickshire CV35 9LT
Received 13 Dec 2022North Farm Fishery Shuckburgh Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RY
Received 4 May 2010Lower Farm Admington Shipston-On-Stour CV36 4JW
Received 4 Dec 20146 Ely Gardens Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6FB
Received 23 Jul 199916 Holt Gardens Studley Warwickshire B80 7NU
Received 15 Mar 1995Ardencote Manor Hotel And Spa Lye Green Road Lye Green Claverdon CV35 8LT
Received 16 Dec 2025Thatched Cottage Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PG
Received 10 Mar 20033 Mill Lane Kineton Warwick CV35 0LA
Received 14 Jul 2005The Old Rectory Sutton-under-Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5BQ
Received 22 Feb 201067 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BG
Received 23 Oct 2002Land Off Tilemans Lane Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire
Received 3 Jun 2010Records 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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