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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75,356 approved · 9,568 refused · 7,918 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Toad Hall Stretton-on-Fosse Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9SA
Received 1 Oct 2026Land At School Hill Stratford Road Wootton Wawen
Received 3 Dec 201848 Shipston Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7LP
Received 11 Nov 2020229 High Street Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5BG
Received 16 Nov 2001Land Adjacent To Mill House Kings Coughton
Received 17 Dec 2019The Elms Loxley Road Wellesbourne CV35 9JL
Received 18 Jun 2019Arthurs Lands Tomlow Road Stockton
Received 15 Aug 2016Electricity Sub-Station Craven Lane Junction Of Bull Street Southam
Received 5 Dec 2019The Merrie Lion Brook Street Fenny Compton Southam CV47 2YH
Received 21 Nov 2012Cornwood Farm Napton Road Stockton CV47 8HU
Received 21 Sept 2021The Old Post Office Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8RG
Received 20 Sept 2018Lytham Cottage 39A Dunnington Alcester Warwickshire B49 5NX
Received 12 Jun 2000Low Thatch High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EF
Received 23 Jun 2015(South)Forte Welcome Break Ltd Warwick Services M40 Southbound M40 Motorway Ashorne Warwick CV35 0AA
Received 8 Jun 199532 Marsh Road Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9XR
Received 23 Feb 2000Brook House Cotswold Close Tredington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4NR
Received 25 Oct 19935 Byfield Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RP
Received 24 Jul 19967 Buchan Close Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LL
Received 6 Mar 2009Oakhurst Byfield Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RP
Received 13 Jun 199732 Hunts Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7JJ
Received 12 Mar 2014Manor Farm Chapel Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8QF
Received 27 Aug 1997The Grange Marton Road Long Itchington Southam CV47 9QA
Received 9 Nov 2022Orchardene Church Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EL
Received 28 Apr 2006OS The Paddocks Temple Grafton B49 6NX
Received 20 Jul 2022Records 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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