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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
75,356 approved · 9,568 refused · 7,918 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Dec 1975 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawkswood Farm Gospel Oak Lane Pathlow CV37 0JA
Received 19 Nov 2019River View 19 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4BQ
Received 25 Oct 2019Ken Kennett Centre 100 Justins Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0DA
Received 3 Feb 2004Wilmcote Manor Manor Drive Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9XA
Received 1 Aug 1991Ardencroft Newnham Henley-in-Arden B95 6DU
Received 13 Jan 2022Greenhill Farmhouse Sutton Under Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5BE
Received 28 Feb 2002Verge Opposite Bell Farm Radbourne Lane Ladbroke
Received 27 Dec 2023Winchcombe House Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TS
Received 29 Jan 2010Bell Court Shopping Centre High Street Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 2 Mar 201777 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5AT
Received 7 Oct 20144 Malt Mill Lane Alcester Warwickshire B49 5QR
Received 11 Jun 2003Grove Fields Farm Hampton Lucy Warwick CV35 8AT
Received 30 Aug 2006Coughton Lodge Farm Sambourne Lane Coughton B49 5HT
Received 24 Nov 201616 Mayswood Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6AT
Received 10 Oct 201335 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BQ
Received 1 Nov 2001The Croft House Haselor Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LU
Received 6 Jun 20021 Willow Gardens Southam CV47 1HG
Received 30 May 20121 Aspen Close Alcester Warwickshire B49 6AE
Received 19 Feb 2024Land Outside 29 And 31 Lords Lane Studley
Received 24 Jul 2024Corner Park House Church Road Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0LE
Received 22 Sept 2017Denesbrook Shepherds Place Kineton Warwick CV35 0NS
Received 16 Apr 20071 Wawensmere Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6BN
Received 13 Feb 200125 High Street Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AJ
Received 6 May 2010Depot Rough Hill Low Road Church Lench Evesham WR11 4UH
Received 29 Jul 2015Records 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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