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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
76,047 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Henley Centre Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6AB
Received 25 Apr 2008Grove Farm Burton Dassett Southam Warwickshire CV47 2AB
Received 1 Apr 1989Ardendane Manor Henley Road Outhill Studley Warwickshire B80 7DT
Received 20 Apr 2001215 Dovehouse Drive Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9NW
Received 27 Sept 2005Wisteria Cottage Rogers Lane Ettington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7SX
Received 13 Jan 20167 Hillyard Road Southam Warwickshire CV47 0LD
Received 8 Feb 200671 Priory Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 5EA
Received 17 May 20069 George Street Stockton Southam CV47 8JS
Received 26 Feb 2026Murton Cottage Ascott Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PP
Received 1 Sept 200867 High Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4BG
Received 2 Oct 20022 Chapel Street Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HT
Received 30 Dec 2003Land And Buildings At The Rear Of Japonica Southam Road Priors Marston
Received 5 Jun 2019The Old Post Office Middle Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4LS
Received 25 Sept 2012Former Sewage Treatment Works Wattons Lane Southam Warwickshire CV47 0HX
Received 1 Apr 2008Costa Coffee 21 Bridge Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6AN
Received 21 Nov 2012Land At Alveston Hill Farm Loxley Road Alveston Hill Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 24 May 1999Elmhurst Farm Wawensmere Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6BW
Received 1 Apr 1975Granary Stables Tomlow Road Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HX
Received 24 Jan 2005Unit 8 Wellesbourne Distribution Park Loxley Road Wellesbourne CV35 9JY
Received 8 Jun 2018Moat Orchard Old School Lane Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9UZ
Received 9 Dec 1992Beech Lawn Mill Lane Kineton Warwick CV35 0LA
Received 26 Dec 20247 Tiddington Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7AE
Received 23 Aug 2017Warmington Grange Village Road Warmington OX17 1BT
Received 14 Nov 20163 High Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AE
Received 3 Nov 1998Records 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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