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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
76,038 approved · 9,754 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Feldon Cottages Sutton Lane Lower Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5AW
Received 19 Jun 2007Hardwick Barn Clarkes Green Studley Warwickshire B80 7AL
Received 6 Sept 2006Blenheim Nursery 7 Stratford Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4LU
Received 2 Oct 20001 Chapel Close Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8QJ
Received 20 Mar 2009Elm Leys Hunt Hall Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8HE
Received 16 Feb 2018Agricultural Building Land Adjacent To Barcheston Grounds Farm Barcheston
Received 2 Mar 2023Stepmoles Farm Idlicote Road Halford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5BP
Received 1 Jun 2006The Cottage Banbury Road Ladbroke Southam Warwickshire CV47 2BT
Received 30 Jul 2004The New House Ascott Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PP
Received 30 Jun 2011Land North Of Hall Lane Harbury Southam CV33 9HG
Received 9 Dec 2025Willowmere Duck Lane Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8QD
Received 29 Oct 200438 South Parade Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9JE
Received 16 Apr 202610 New Street Tiddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DA
Received 7 Apr 2011Larkstoke Farm Admington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4JH
Received 11 Mar 2025Byfield House High Street Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8LP
Received 17 Apr 2001Hill View Chapel Lane Ratley Banbury OX15 6DS
Received 22 Nov 2024St Dennis Farm Honington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5EN
Received 10 Feb 2010Church Farm Morton Bagot Studley Warwickshire B80 7EJ
Received 28 Apr 2006Mount Stuart Middle Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JG
Received 17 Jun 20128 Shottery Green Shottery Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9FY
Received 30 Aug 2022Stratford Marina Bridgefoot Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YY
Received 11 Feb 2011Red House Barn Abbots Salford Evesham Worcestershire WR11 8UT
Received 11 Oct 20041649 Cottage Rectory Lane Lower Brailes Banbury OX15 5HY
Received 23 Aug 201214 Burford Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7ET
Received 1 Apr 2021Records 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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