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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
76,032 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Needham & James Development Off Bridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 12 Jul 2006The Downs House Campden Hill Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4JF
Received 24 Aug 1992Green Cottage Front Street Ilmington Warwickshire CV36 4LA
Received 2 Dec 2005Church Farm Church Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9HQ
Received 1 Sept 2011St Peters Cottage Main Street Stretton-On-Fosse Warwickshire GL56 9SE
Received 21 Dec 2015Stratford Upon Avon College The Willows North Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9QR
Received 4 Sept 1992Lemon Hill Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden B95 6AS
Received 14 Nov 201930A High Street Alcester B49 5AB
Received 18 Jan 2017Lloyds TSB 25 High Street Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AJ
Received 2 Jun 2025Mappleborough Green C Of E School Henley Road Mappleborough Green Studley Warwickshire B80 7DR
Received 2 Jun 1993Chapel Green Farmhouse Chapel Green Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8PA
Received 7 Sept 2001Mousehole Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 22 Nov 2000Malthouse Cottage Ardens Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DS
Received 20 Mar 19916 Springfield Road Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4EY
Received 3 Dec 201013 Augustus Drive Alcester Warwickshire B49 5HH
Received 18 Jul 1997Crown Barn Henley Road Claverdon Warwick CV35 8LJ
Received 21 May 2013College Farm Willington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5AS
Received 18 Apr 2013Southam Service Station Banbury Road Southam CV47 2BJ
Received 25 Oct 201238 Guild Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QY
Received 21 Aug 2007Land Rear Of 2 Irwins Cottages Vicarage Lane And Fells Lane Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire
Received 28 Sept 199910 Roman Row Whichford Warwickshire CV36 5PJ
Received 4 Aug 2015Bungalow 3 Riverhouse School Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire B95 6AE
Received 31 Mar 200514 And 16 Park Road Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0AT
Received 2 Apr 2015The Duck On The Pond The Green Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9QJ
Received 17 Dec 2007Records 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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