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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
76,046 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 The Close Cherington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5HS
Received 10 Apr 20134 St Marys Acre Bearley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0SY
Received 22 Sept 20042 Icknield Street Bidford-On-Avon B50 4BX
Received 6 Feb 2017Land To Rear Of Troon And Chestnut Cottage Long Marston
Received 5 Dec 2016Artel Rubber Holdings Ltd 4F Adams Way Springfield Business Park Alcester B49 6PU
Received 9 Dec 20255 Icknield Street Bidford-on-Avon Alcester B50 4BX
Received 24 Sept 2014Polkadot Day Nursery Kinwarton Road Alcester B49 6PX
Received 29 Oct 2015Lavender Cottage Ardens Grafton Alcester B49 6DS
Received 30 Nov 2015Red Holm Spring Lane Combrook Warwickshire CV35 9HN
Received 9 Dec 20158 Dobbie Road Upper Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8SU
Received 29 Sept 20213 Steppes Piece Bidford-On-Avon B50 4AT
Received 28 Jun 20211 Greenfields Close Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4HA
Received 13 Feb 200863 Kineton Road Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9LQ
Received 9 Jun 2016Berrys Orchard Whichford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PG
Received 2 Aug 201612 Church Street Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9LS
Received 23 Jan 2004Galanos House Leamington Road Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9PP
Received 30 May 2002Fox & Hounds Inn Great Wolford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5NQ
Received 18 Feb 19947 Allendale Avenue Studley Warwickshire B80 7QA
Received 29 Mar 2001The Hollies High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EA
Received 5 Sept 2003South Fosse Farm Fosse Way Radford Semele CV31 1XH
Received 12 Oct 2016Cuttle Beck 22 Banbury Road Southam CV47 1HL
Received 10 Jan 20123 Dobbie Road Upper Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8SU
Received 18 Aug 2005Dene House Bridge Street Kineton Warwick CV35 0HP
Received 25 Oct 2001Sunrise Cottage Stretton On Fosse Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9SA
Received 13 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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