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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76,083 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longdon House Wolverton Fields Norton Lindsey Warwick CV35 8JN
Received 24 Jun 2024Moreton House Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AR
Received 22 Feb 20196 Beaufort Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9NU
Received 9 Mar 2016Coniston Evesham Street Alcester B49 5DS
Received 18 Apr 2025Southam Cement Works Southam Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9RA
Received 19 May 2004Co-op Store Loxley Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9RG
Received 5 Jan 1995STREET RECORD Ratley
Received 4 Dec 202113 Ash Grove Southam Warwickshire CV47 1EJ
Received 6 Apr 1999Lower Clopton Farm Clopton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0QT
Received 5 Mar 20153 Cottage Farm Court Stretton-On-Fosse GL56 9SR
Received 2 Nov 2016The Bell Inn Ladbroke Southam CV47 2BY
Received 25 Oct 2019Well Meadow Bates Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull B94 5AP
Received 16 Jul 2012Penglais Leamington Road Long Itchington CV47 9PL
Received 8 Apr 2021Henley-in-Arden High School Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden B95 6AF
Received 20 Dec 201017 Evesham Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5DS
Received 8 Mar 200631 New Street Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4EW
Received 17 Oct 2019World Of Shakespeare 8-13 Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BA
Received 3 Dec 19965 The Cedars Telegraph Street Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4DA
Received 28 Jan 2010Corn Cottage Ford Lane Langley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0HN
Received 5 Jul 1994Earlsbrook Wood End Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5DT
Received 6 Mar 199885 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DR
Received 8 Oct 2015113 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DR
Received 20 Jul 2012Play Area And Verges Oaktree Close Bearley
Received 2 Nov 2021Cottage Farm Tomlow Napton Road Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HU
Received 9 May 2007Records 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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