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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
76,093 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 2 Jul 1998Stokes House 5 Sheep Street Shipston-On-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AE
Received 30 Jan 2024Land Adj The Square Halford Road Ettington Warwickshire
Received 27 Feb 2002Red Lion Inn Front Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LX
Received 8 Dec 2025Yew Tree House 90 Coventry Street Southam CV47 0EA
Received 1 Apr 202111 Ferry Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7QX
Received 18 Aug 19951 New Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DB
Received 11 Dec 2015Land North Of Millers Close Welford-on-Avon
Received 12 Apr 2021British Red Cross Society 2 - 2A High Street Alcester B49 5AD
Received 20 Jul 2026Plantation Wood Henley Road Great Alne
Received 6 Dec 2019Ashorne Hill Farm Ashorne Warwick CV35 9DZ
Received 5 Oct 2022Shepherds Oak Kinwarton Alcester B49 6HB
Received 24 Jun 2015The Bungalow 2D High Street Alcester B49 5AD
Received 23 May 2012Burmans Farm House Cottage Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HH
Received 11 Mar 2014Broadway Cottage The Avenue Bishopton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0RH
Received 20 Jan 2003The Compton District Primary School Shipston Road Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5LA
Received 12 Jul 2006The Coppins Barton Road Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EY
Received 1 May 1995Glebe Farm Kinwarton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6HB
Received 2 Feb 2006Park House Kitchen Garden Clopton House Clopton Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 0QR
Received 2 Jan 201826 High Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AB
Received 28 Jul 2009Bridges Cottage Church Street Welford-On-Avon CV37 8EJ
Received 23 Dec 2016Compton Pound 65 Main Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JS
Received 12 Oct 2004Marsh Farm Stourton Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HG
Received 25 Oct 20134 Orchard Rise Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TP
Received 20 May 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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