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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
76,094 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Hill Farm London Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4HY
Received 7 Dec 19942 Western Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 18 Mar 20141 Churchside Dorsington Road Dorsington CV37 8AX
Received 27 Feb 2019BKL Sports Ground Abbeyfields Drive Studley Warwickshire B80 7BF
Received 1 Apr 1976Lodge House Ladbroke Southam Warwickshire CV47 2DF
Received 6 Dec 20001 Church Cottages Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 4 Apr 2007Aberdour Oak Tree Lane Sambourne Warwickshire B96 6EY
Received 2 Nov 2022Southfield Farm Compton Scorpion Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4PJ
Received 11 Apr 2016Alveston Manor Hotel Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7HP
Received 23 Jul 2008West View Caravan Park Barton Road Welford-on-Avon
Received 6 Sept 202142 Sheep Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EE
Received 27 Aug 1997Coughton Park Wood Sambourne Lane Coughton
Received 11 May 2022The Manor House 101 Alcester Road Studley B80 7NN
Received 23 Jan 2018Spire View Garden Saffron Meadow Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 10 May 2024Top Farm Temple Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6NS
Received 5 Apr 2007Spencers Crossing Mill Lane Great Alne Alcester Warwickshire B49 6JA
Received 14 Mar 199151 West Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6DR
Received 15 May 2002The Cottage High Street Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9HW
Received 19 Apr 2012The Stag Alcester Road Redhill B49 6NQ
Received 29 Jul 2021Sansome House Back Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LJ
Received 10 Oct 2011Orchard Cottage Welford Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RH
Received 19 Jun 2009Plum Cottage Farnborough Banbury OX17 1EA
Received 7 Aug 2013Greenways Marton Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9PZ
Received 22 Jan 20027 The Butts Long Compton Warwickshire CV36 5JU
Received 26 Oct 2023Records 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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