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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76,093 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Paddock Lane Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 7 Sept 2001Elm Row Garages Elm Row Stockton CV47 8JY
Received 7 Jul 202056 Model Village Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9RB
Received 7 Feb 1996The Old Stone Barn Welford Road Barton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4NP
Received 22 Jul 199219 Mill Street Harbury Warwickshire CV33 9HR
Received 20 Mar 20233 The Close Hampton Lucy CV35 8AY
Received 11 Mar 2021West Court 3 Avon Carrow Avon Dassett Southam Warwickshire CV47 2AR
Received 28 Sept 2009Harvest Cottage Dorsington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8AR
Received 13 Feb 2025Pear Tree Cottage The Green Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9QJ
Received 2 Nov 199434 Church Street Hampton Lucy Warwickshire CV35 8BE
Received 26 Feb 2016Harbury Hall Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire
Received 28 Mar 1994Spindlewood Blind Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5HS
Received 16 Oct 2003Land Off Node Hill Close Studley Warwickshire
Received 1 Feb 199185 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5AT
Received 9 Oct 1992Verden Park Farm Salter Street Hockley Heath Solihull West Midlands
Received 18 May 1994Rose Cottage Southam Road Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RQ
Received 25 Oct 2016The Old School House Old School Lane Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AX
Received 2 Oct 2003James Smith & Sons Ltd Unit M2 Seggs Lane Alcester B49 5HJ
Received 18 Dec 2025Moor Farm Billesley Road Wilmcote CV37 9XG
Received 29 Jun 20219 Tudor Lane Southam Warwickshire CV47 1HS
Received 29 Nov 2023Avonside 12 Grange Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4BY
Received 8 Aug 20184 Moorfield Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DA
Received 18 Jul 20072 Harris Close Henley-in-Arden B95 5DE
Received 22 May 2020White Lodge 225 High Street Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5BG
Received 29 May 2001Records 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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