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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
76,064 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1974 to 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gielgud 3 The Old Tollgate Warwick Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0NS
Received 3 Dec 200239 Wormleighton Southam CV47 2XG
Received 19 May 2020Thistles Shipston Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8LZ
Received 16 Jun 2016Dassett Field House Dassett Road Avon Dassett CV47 2AA
Received 15 Jun 2021102 Tiddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7BB
Received 6 Dec 2006Anne Hathaways Cottage Cottage Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HH
Received 25 Oct 2016Hardwick House Tysoe Road Kineton Warwick CV35 0DY
Received 10 Apr 2026Wind In The Willows Northend Southam CV47 2TY
Received 23 Jan 2025Fair View Main Street Lower Brailes Brailes Warwickshire OX15 5HZ
Received 28 Jun 2022Gunn Cottage Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1HU
Received 10 Jun 2013Chutneys Bordon Hill Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9RX
Received 27 May 2022Home Farm Lower Tysoe Warwick CV35 0BZ
Received 16 Jun 2022Flaxlands Pittern Hill Kineton CV35 0JE
Received 29 Nov 2021The Clangers 3 Bell Brook Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0JN
Received 6 Aug 1991Swallow Fields Oversley Green Alcester B49 6LG
Received 15 May 2014Greenfields Nursery School Mayo Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4BH
Received 24 Mar 2009Ashorne Hill Management College Ashorne Hill Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9QW
Received 8 Mar 2004Wesleyan Chapel East Street Long Compton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5JT
Received 6 Sept 1993Old Worcester House Alderminster Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8NX
Received 14 Mar 202323 Verney Drive Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0DX
Received 31 Oct 200718 Salford Road Bidford-On-Avon B50 4EN
Received 27 Apr 2016Hunters Hill Exhall Alcester Warwickshire B49 6EA
Received 2 May 1991The Field House Hatton Bank Lane Black Hill Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0PD
Received 6 May 2009Willow Tree Farm Admington Lane Admington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4JJ
Received 30 Oct 2009Records 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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