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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
75,126 approved · 9,484 refused · 7,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Harrow Spring Lane Langley CV37 0HW
Received 4 Jun 2018Welcombe Hotel Warwick Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0NR
Received 15 Mar 199912 Birdhaven Close Lighthorne Warwick Warwickshire CV35 0BE
Received 7 Feb 2007Flowers Cottage Farnborough Banbury OX17 1DZ
Received 29 Nov 2011The Coach House Mill Lane Tredington Warwickshire CV36 4NG
Received 23 May 20223 Chapel Row Chapel Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PZ
Received 1 Jul 2002Ferndeane Kings Coughton Alcester B49 5QD
Received 24 Sept 202559 Green Lane Studley B80 7HD
Received 13 Feb 20232 St Michaels Crescent Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8JH
Received 19 Jan 199629 High Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AE
Received 29 Oct 2007Brookturn Cottage Bascote Road Long Itchington Southam CV47 9NN
Received 16 Apr 2012Flat 9 Stratford Court Avenue Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6UF
Received 20 Jul 2005The Elms Vicarage Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8NA
Received 2 Feb 2022Minshull House Southam Street Kineton Warwick CV35 0LL
Received 5 Jan 2012Billesley Manor Billesley Alcester B49 6NF
Received 7 Dec 20207 Church Hill Court Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 23 Aug 2005Woodview Vicarage Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8NA
Received 17 Jun 20021 Reading Court Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7SA
Received 22 Jun 1999Amec Design & Management Ltd Timothys Bridge Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9NJ
Received 24 Mar 2005Former Harbury Cement Works Station Road Bishops Itchington
Received 12 Apr 2019Holly Cottage Gorcott Hill Beoley Redditch Worcestershire B98 9EW
Received 14 Jun 2004Lloyds TSB Bank Plc High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire
Received 11 Jan 199017 Church Road Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9UX
Received 27 Jul 2010Hillbrook House Combrook Warwick CV35 9HP
Received 5 Jul 2011Records 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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