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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
76,052 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rollswood Farm Haselor Alcester Warwickshire B49 6NL
Received 16 Jun 2020Dun Cow Inn Pathlow Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0RQ
Received 21 Feb 2003Bridge House Roman Way Halford Warwickshire CV36 5BZ
Received 10 Mar 2016Church Cottage Sutton-under-Brailes Banbury OX15 5BH
Received 29 Jul 2026Orchard House Chapel Green Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8PA
Received 6 Feb 2013Park Hill Farm Idlicote Road Halford CV36 5DQ
Received 31 Jul 2020The Shippen Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4LG
Received 24 Sept 2001The Shakespeare Institute Mason Croft Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HP
Received 7 Feb 201432 - 34 Birmingham Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7BG
Received 1 Apr 19751 Gaydon Road Bishops Itchington CV47 2RD
Received 8 Sept 202177 High Street Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5AT
Received 3 Jun 2003STREET RECORD Back Street Ilmington Warwickshire
Received 12 Oct 20093 Manor Lane Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4EF
Received 8 Dec 2025Barton Cottage Little Compton Lane Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0PW
Received 29 Jul 20025 Luddington Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9SF
Received 14 Jul 2000Wixford Lodge Farm Georges Elm Lane Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4JT
Received 14 Mar 199425 The Meadows Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4AP
Received 25 Jun 2026Corby Chill Distribution Ltd Alcester Heath Alcester Warwickshire B49 5JG
Received 23 Jul 2004Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0RG
Received 2 Apr 2003Brickyard House Arlescote Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1DQ
Received 16 Feb 200413 Guild Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6RE
Received 2 Jun 2008Horticultural Research International Wellesbourne CV35 9EF
Received 12 Apr 2005Rowan Mill Lane Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EW
Received 16 Oct 2003Lower Skilts Farm Henley Road Outhill Studley Warwickshire B80 7DU
Received 26 Feb 2004Records 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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