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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
76,033 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church View Church Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8PB
Received 11 Apr 2005Avon Croft Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BG
Received 28 Aug 2009Briarwood The Slough Studley Warwickshire B80 7EN
Received 5 Jun 19987 Green Lane Shipston-On-Stour CV36 4HG
Received 14 Aug 2017The Old House Gentlemans Lane Ullenhall Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 5PT
Received 7 Jun 2000Woodfields Southam Street Kineton Warwick CV35 0LL
Received 11 Jun 2020The Silver Birch Barton Road Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8HG
Received 30 Oct 2024Old Dairy Barn (Formerly Barns Attached To Home Farm) Admington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4JN
Received 13 Feb 2023The Old Forge Chapel Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PX
Received 11 Feb 1997Walnut Tree Cottage Epwell Road Upper Tysoe Warwick CV35 0TN
Received 22 Dec 20004 High Street Southam CV47 0HA
Received 23 Jun 201720 Stratford Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AU
Received 23 Jan 2009Church Farm Sutton Under Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 5BH
Received 3 Feb 2005Land Off Shuckburgh Road Napton-on-the-Hill Warwickshire
Received 7 Mar 2008Garrick Inn 25 High Street Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 6AU
Received 26 Sept 201912 Sheep Street Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AF
Received 5 Feb 2002Icknield House 54 Birmingham Road Alcester Warwickshire
Received 29 Sept 1992Stone Barn Wixford Road Temple Grafton Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4LQ
Received 8 Oct 1998Yew Tree Farm Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6BY
Received 16 Mar 1993Whichford House Whichford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5PG
Received 25 Apr 2018Old Royal Oak Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 5NW
Received 19 Dec 2007Land At Junction Of Coventry Street Welsh Road West Southam
Received 8 Aug 2011Oversley Mill Services Alcester Bypass Alcester Warwickshire B49 6PB
Received 13 Jun 1997Beehive Cottage Henley Road Great Alne Alcester Warwickshire B49 6HX
Received 1 Apr 1976Records 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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