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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
76,058 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1974 to 10 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Wain Close Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LA
Received 24 Aug 20011 Compton Road Lighthorne Heath Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9TL
Received 2 Apr 2001Old Pump House Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 10 Aug 1994Avoncroft Farm The Green Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0JE
Received 28 Nov 1989Alveston Leys Nursing Home Kissing Tree Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7QN
Received 15 Dec 200696 Stowe Drive Southam CV47 1NP
Received 8 May 201888 Shipston Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LR
Received 11 Jun 2004Land At Gaydon, Lighthorne Heath
Received 19 Oct 2023Laurel House Church Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EJ
Received 10 Mar 1997Whitehorse House White Horse Hill Snitterfield Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0LD
Received 26 Jan 2001Elmcroft Welford Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RA
Received 23 Sept 1998Sandpitt House Banbury Road Pillerton Priors Warwick CV35 0PG
Received 18 Mar 2022Brook House Henbrook Lane Upper Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5BA
Received 3 Oct 2001Hadstock Brook Lane Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AT
Received 26 Mar 2004Buildings Croft Lane Temple Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6PA
Received 11 Dec 2001Fulready Farm Fulready Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7PE
Received 7 Dec 2004Sunrising House Sunrising Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 6HR
Received 24 Mar 2004Lower Brailes Lodge High Street Lower Brailes OX15 5HX
Received 20 Oct 202010 Preston-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8NG
Received 17 Sept 2015146 Drayton Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9LD
Received 12 May 19999-11 High Street Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AA
Received 24 Jun 1991Land Adj Mayfield Broad Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands
Received 6 Mar 2003Warwickshire College Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9BL
Received 15 Apr 2009Selion Cottage Croft Farm Banbury Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7NF
Received 4 Jul 2002Records 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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