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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
76,096 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1974 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard Rise Walcote Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LZ
Received 2 Sept 1996Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon CV35 0RG
Received 8 Nov 2012Brook House 5 Ban Brook Copse Salford Priors Evesham Worcestershire WR11 8GW
Received 8 Dec 2008Pentwyn 8 Park Drive Claverdon Warwick CV35 8HG
Received 10 May 1999Bank House Ascott Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PP
Received 29 Mar 20221 Home Farm Drive Upton Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 6HT
Received 25 Jan 2008Royal Victoria Works Birmingham Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7AP
Received 13 Sept 1991Hillside Cottage The Green Warmington Banbury OX17 1BU
Received 2 Jun 2017Flint Hall Newbold Pacey CV35 9DY
Received 23 Jun 2010Benavon The Slough Studley Warwickshire B80 7EN
Received 21 Feb 2005Warwick Police Tranmitter Station Ilmington
Received 29 May 2015Pipers Cottage Ashorne Warwick CV35 9DR
Received 28 Aug 2019The Orchard Vicarage Lane Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RT
Received 16 May 201112 Holt Leys Southam CV47 1FP
Received 15 Feb 20162 Bridge Street Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9QP
Received 26 Mar 1999Unit 2 Windsor Place Windsor Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6NL
Received 25 Apr 2000Allersmead House Alderminster Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8NY
Received 23 Feb 2012Land Rear Of 3 Evenlode Close Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 7 Jan 2026Manor Barn House Ardens Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DR
Received 9 Mar 2007Land At Butlers Road Long Compton
Received 24 Dec 2012Millfield Caravan Site Mill Lane Welford-on-Avon
Received 19 Dec 20133 Verney Close Butlers Marston Warwick CV35 0NP
Received 11 May 2007Cherry View Headland Road Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EX
Received 24 Feb 1998Bredon Perrymill Lane Sambourne Redditch Worcestershire B96 6PD
Received 1 Apr 1989Records 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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