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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
75,294 approved · 9,518 refused · 7,910 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chapel Gate Lodge Chapel Lane Ullenhall B95 5RT
Received 25 Mar 2019St John The Baptists Church Church Lane Aston Cantlow Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire
Received 10 Mar 200630 Albany Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6PG
Received 5 Sept 2005Central Chambers Wood Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 24 Sept 20101649 Cottage Rectory Lane Lower Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5HY
Received 4 Apr 2003Stockton House Rugby Road Stockton Southam CV47 8LB
Received 22 Feb 2022Game Unit P Maybird Retail Park Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HZ
Received 21 Jan 2022Rivendell Middle Street Ilmington Warwickshire CV36 4LS
Received 15 Dec 2014Avonside Caravan Site Ltd Binton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PW
Received 15 Feb 2006The Old Vicarage Leamington Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9PL
Received 28 Apr 199411 Shakespeare Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6RN
Received 3 Jun 2011Darlingscott Farm Village Road Darlingscott CV36 4PN
Received 26 Feb 2020Masters Cottage Primrose Lane Oversley Green Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LG
Received 6 Jul 2000Oversley Lawns Primrose Lane Oversley Green Alcester B49 6LG
Received 30 Jan 2023Loxley Guest House Stratford Road Loxley Warwick CV35 9JN
Received 22 Aug 2022Unit 23 Bell Court Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EX
Received 21 Apr 2022Leander House Clifford Chambers Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HR
Received 14 Jun 2007Ettington Post Office 29 Banbury Road Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7SN
Received 25 Nov 1994Winchcombe Barn Shennington Road Upper Tysoe Warwick CV35 0TH
Received 12 Dec 199417 Oldbutt Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4EG
Received 12 May 20043 Saxon Close Studley Warwickshire B80 7SA
Received 20 Dec 2004The Exchange Mill Lane Newbold-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8DW
Received 17 Jun 202520 Mulberry Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6RS
Received 5 May 19991 Church Houses Manor Lane Kineton Warwick CV35 0JT
Received 28 Apr 1994Records 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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