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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
76,089 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whitehouse Farm Idlicote Road Idlicote CV36 5DN
Received 27 Jan 201710, 11 And 12 Hathaway Hamlet Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HJ
Received 14 Jul 20167 Knottesford Close Studley Warwickshire B80 7RL
Received 6 Jun 200524 Wetherby Way Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9LU
Received 29 Jun 20009 Tibbets Close Meeting Lane Alcester Warwickshire B49 5QU
Received 23 Apr 20094 White Lion Court Alcester B49 5DT
Received 2 Oct 2019Coxs Yard Bridgefoot Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YY
Received 24 May 2022Brailes Hill Cottage Upper Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5AX
Received 14 Dec 2007Ryon Hill Farm Warwick Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0NZ
Received 18 Feb 2004Hedgerow Off Poplar Road Poplar Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire
Received 21 May 2003Office 11 Swan House 11 Guild Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6RE
Received 8 Jan 202646 Central Drive Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2RJ
Received 22 Jul 2009Tiw Barn Lower Tysoe Warwick CV35 0BY
Received 30 Dec 2004Greystone Cottage Henley Road Great Alne B49 6HR
Received 21 Mar 2017Chestnut Cottage Bottom Street Northend Southam Warwickshire CV47 2TH
Received 22 Apr 2005Land Off Long Marston Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8RA
Received 27 Oct 20252 The Gables Brook Road Aston Cantlow Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6JD
Received 26 May 2010Wellesbourne Water Mill Kineton Road Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9HG
Received 10 Jan 201117 Barkus Close Southam Warwickshire CV47 1GB
Received 6 Nov 2003Long Marston Airfield Campden Road Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8LL
Received 3 Oct 2005Porterbrook Leasing Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre Station Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8PL
Received 19 Mar 2026Egge Cottage Edgehill Banbury OX15 6DJ
Received 29 Jun 2026Elmers Farm Church End Priors Hardwick CV47 7SN
Received 26 Apr 20215 The Crescent Salters Lane Bearley Warwickshire B95 6DW
Received 22 Jun 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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