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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
76,027 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Sunnyside Nurseries Castle Hill Lane Upper Brailes Banbury OX15 5AS
Received 20 Jan 2015Village Hall Coronation Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JF
Received 12 Jul 20221 Minster View Alderminster CV37 8PB
Received 20 Sept 2019The Old Cottage Honington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5AA
Received 13 Jan 20257 - 9 Wagstaffe Close Harbury Leamington Spa CV33 9ND
Received 30 Apr 2001Water Rat Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7LS
Received 20 Sept 1994Flat 6 Avon Carrow Avon Dassett Southam Warwickshire CV47 2AR
Received 16 Feb 1995Granby Farm Granby Road Honington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5DP
Received 31 May 2013Wurley School Lane Warmington OX17 1DE
Received 19 Dec 2019White Lion Inn Stratford Road Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NS
Received 2 Sept 2015Glenmoray 248 Alcester Road Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 9JQ
Received 5 Nov 2018Welcombe Hills School Blue Cap Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6TQ
Received 6 Aug 200330 Hadrians Walk Alcester B49 5HD
Received 21 Jan 202515 Talbot Road Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6SU
Received 26 Feb 2016Woodlands Idlicote Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5DT
Received 10 Feb 2014Penn Cottage Grump Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4LE
Received 10 Jun 20057 Farrington Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9TL
Received 18 Nov 2014Bramley House Tavern Lane Shottery Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9HE
Received 1 Oct 1996Arborfield Cottage Dorsington Road Long Marston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8RW
Received 19 Apr 2000Farm Buildings Adjoining Sandfield Farm Luddington Road Luddington CV37 9SW
Received 14 Oct 2019Land At Redditch Eastern Gateway Development Gorcott Hill Beoley
Received 7 Dec 2021Seemor Ilmington Road Armscote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8DH
Received 11 Aug 2008The Laurels Avon Dassett Southam CV47 2AR
Received 2 Aug 202272 Stowe Drive Southam Warwickshire CV47 1NP
Received 2 Mar 2016Records 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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