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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76,052 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whichford House Whichford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PG
Received 26 Jun 2023The Russetts Ashorne Warwick CV35 9DR
Received 5 Mar 2014Woodkeepers Cottage Barton-on-the-Heath
Received 8 Nov 2017Mears Farm Oxhill Bridle Road Pillerton Hersey Warwick CV35 0QB
Received 17 Apr 2007Broom Close Kissing Tree Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7RB
Received 9 Aug 2024Arden House 18 Elgin Gardens Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7BG
Received 11 Oct 20221 The Green Great Wolford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5NQ
Received 15 Oct 2001The Manor Little Compton Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0RZ
Received 2 Apr 1997The Shakespeare Chapel Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PX
Received 8 Jun 200631 Alcester Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7NL
Received 1 Apr 1974Papillon Hall Ullenhall Lane Ullenhall Henley-in-Arden B95 5PN
Received 7 Apr 2020Land At Long Compton
Received 10 Mar 2026Lower Grounds Main Street Tysoe Warwick CV35 0SE
Received 9 Oct 2013Chesterton Fields Farm Fosse Way Chesterton Leamington Spa CV33 9JY
Received 17 Mar 2025White Gates Barton Road Dorsington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8AT
Received 12 Mar 2025Hilltop Cottage Temple Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6NS
Received 30 Jun 199934 Central Drive Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2RJ
Received 2 Jan 2008Meon Hall Meon Hill Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8QT
Received 16 Aug 2005The Greig Kinwarton Road Alcester B49 6AD
Received 13 Dec 201092 Stowe Drive Southam CV47 1NP
Received 26 May 2011Claverdon Hall Lye Green Claverdon Warwickshire CV35 8HJ
Received 12 Feb 2024Outhill Cottage Henley Road Outhill Studley Warwickshire B80 7DU
Received 11 Aug 2008Perkins Yard Brailes Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5AD
Received 20 Jun 2005The Old Power House Campden Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4DD
Received 14 Jan 2005Records 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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