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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
75,345 approved · 9,567 refused · 7,918 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1976 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hobdays Front Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LN
Received 4 Jan 2016The Old Boot Shop The Green Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5AJ
Received 25 Jun 2024Ettington Park Hotel Alderminster Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8BU
Received 14 Aug 2006Emberley Leys Chapel Lane Ratley Banbury OX15 6DS
Received 23 Apr 2019Anne Hathaways Cottage Cottage Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9HH
Received 12 Feb 1999Quirkes Madhouse 34 Coughton Lane Coughton Alcester Warwickshire B49 5HN
Received 15 Jul 2005Chutneys Bordon Hill Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9RX
Received 29 Nov 20011 Broadmeadow Lane Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 9FD
Received 29 Sept 2021Sinclair Avon Dassett Southam Warwickshire CV47 2AL
Received 27 May 2005Langland House Farnborough Road Radway Warwick CV35 0UN
Received 19 Apr 2001St Dennis Farm Honington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5EN
Received 2 May 2008Farnborough Hall Mollington Lane Farnborough OX17 1DU
Received 24 May 2019Hemmings Tudor House 18 Church Street Alcester B49 5AH
Received 20 Oct 20153 Rivermeade Barton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8BF
Received 19 Feb 2014Lynwood Snuff Lane Shotteswell Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1JH
Received 18 Aug 2008Stonecrop Campden Hill Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4JF
Received 17 Jul 2007Heronswood Ford Lane Langley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0HN
Received 23 Oct 2002Cobwebs Willington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5AS
Received 15 Jan 200135-36 Sheep Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EE
Received 15 Feb 2021The Thistles Shipston Road Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8LZ
Received 15 Oct 2015Ingon Garth Ingon Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0QE
Received 7 Dec 2005Sharmer Farm Fosse Way Radford Semele Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 1XH
Received 31 May 19896 Locks Cottage Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9YA
Received 21 Feb 2003Dial House Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HX
Received 15 Aug 2003Records 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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