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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
76,090 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Priors Hall Shuckburgh Road Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RS
Received 19 Jul 2024Tree House Farm Fulready Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7PE
Received 10 Sept 2008Water Under Bridges Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Warwickshire B95 6BE
Received 24 Aug 202236 Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7BA
Received 20 Feb 20131 The Old Square Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HG
Received 15 Jun 2026The Granary Nolands Farm Oxhill
Received 8 Jul 202233 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4BQ
Received 26 Mar 201314 Fordham Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6XD
Received 6 Mar 2015Obelisk Farm Pound House Lane Umberslade Tanworth-In-Arden B94 5DD
Received 14 Feb 20177 Bishops Close Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9ED
Received 6 Feb 199530 Aston Cantlow Road Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9XZ
Received 13 Mar 200330 30A 31 Henley Street Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 20 Oct 1989Morrisons Alcester Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9DA
Received 8 Feb 202245 Deppers Bridge Southam Warwickshire CV47 2SY
Received 20 Aug 2004Barn Close Hunger Hill Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire
Received 11 Apr 1991The Hollows Rosary Lane Little Wolford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5NB
Received 29 May 2014Wixford Lodge Georges Elm Lane Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4JT
Received 12 Oct 2004The Spinney Norton Grange Little Kineton Warwick CV35 0DP
Received 13 Feb 2002Land Adj To Grange Farm Cottages Hardwick Road Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire
Received 6 Mar 200212 The Ridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9JL
Received 1 Jul 2005Corner Bishopton Lane Land At Birmingham Road Birmingham Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 23 Mar 1999Proposed Relocation Of Garden Centre Daventry Road Southam Warwickshire
Received 19 Aug 2004Wootton Park Farm Alcester Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6HJ
Received 13 Jun 2003Heron House 34 Heron Lane Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9EG
Received 7 Feb 2011Records 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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