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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
76,083 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1974 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waitrose Ltd Moorfield Road Alcester B49 5DA
Received 3 Dec 20204 Talbot Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6SU
Received 12 May 200839 To 61 Redditch Road Studley B80 7AU
Received 24 May 20211 The Meadows Brakeley Lane Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9PA
Received 24 Sept 2002Stratford Oaks Golf Course Bearley Road Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0EZ
Received 12 Mar 1999Lower Clopton Farm Clopton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0QT
Received 1 Apr 199873 Wood Bevington Alcester Warwickshire B49 5LX
Received 27 Sept 199513 Rother Street Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 6LU
Received 10 Jan 2020115 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DS
Received 8 Oct 2013Land Between 7 And 8 Ashorne
Received 18 Mar 201928 Stockton Road Long Itchington Warwickshire CV47 9QP
Received 20 May 2015The Stone Cottage Hackwell Street Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8LY
Received 22 Apr 1998Arborfield Cottage Dorsington Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RW
Received 12 May 2003Dog Lane Fisheries Dog Lane Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8LT
Received 21 May 1991New House Farm Knightcote Southam Warwickshire CV47 2EQ
Received 23 Dec 1993Town Farm Main Street Stretton-On-Fosse Warwickshire GL56 9SB
Received 19 Apr 2018Cadle Pool Farm The Ridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9RE
Received 29 May 2013Farm Yard Clarks Lane Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire
Received 27 Sept 20002 Sunnyside Nurseries Castle Hill Lane Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5AS
Received 5 Nov 2012Pool Head Farm Poolhead Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5EH
Received 29 Aug 2003243 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5BG
Received 5 Apr 2011Welford Pastures Cottage Barton Road Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8HD
Received 29 Mar 2005Land At Sweet Knowle Farm Sweet Knowle Preston-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 19 Jan 1996Oversley Mill Services Alcester Bypass Alcester B49 6PQ
Received 26 Jul 2022Records 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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