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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
76,025 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1974 to 10 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Mill Tredington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4NJ
Received 18 Nov 20112 School House Dorsington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8AR
Received 19 Aug 2015Little Bickerscourt Farm Pig Trot Lane Danzey Green Solihull B94 5BL
Received 30 May 201332 Foster Avenue Studley B80 7QJ
Received 21 Feb 20171 Hithersand Close Hampton Lucy Warwick CV35 8BW
Received 15 Jul 1994Alcester Academy Gerard Road Alcester B49 6QQ
Received 27 Apr 2016Cobweb Cottage Mollington Lane Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1HY
Received 22 Dec 2021173 Loxley Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DT
Received 10 Feb 2012Land At Banbury Road Southam
Received 5 Feb 2018Milestone Cottage Southam Road Napton-on-the-Hill Southam Warwickshire CV47 8NG
Received 14 Oct 200867 St Peters Way Bishopton CV37 0RX
Received 23 Feb 2017Dutch Gable The Holloway Priors Marston Southam Warwickshire CV47 7RG
Received 18 Sept 2000Wrens Nest Sambourne Lane Sambourne Redditch B96 6PJ
Received 25 Sept 2023Arden Hotel Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BA
Received 28 Aug 1992Land Adjacent To Oak Tree House Preston Lane Preston Bagot
Received 2 Sept 2022The Grange Henley Grange Stratford Road Henley-in-Arden B95 6AE
Received 31 May 2016Leisure Systems International Northfield Road Kineton Road Industrial Estate Southam Warwickshire CV47 0RD
Received 8 Aug 200353 Victoria Road Bidford-on-Avon Alcester Warwickshire B50 4AR
Received 24 Sept 1997St Marys Church Main Street Tysoe Warwick
Received 13 Sept 200124 Eton Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7EJ
Received 7 May 2002Land Enclosed By A46 The Ridgeway Alcester Road Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 13 Jan 2017Beaudesert Cottage Haven Pastures Liveridge Hill Henley-in-Arden B95 5QS
Received 18 Mar 2021Stratford Upon Avon High School Alcester Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9DH
Received 6 Feb 1997The Old Barn Cottage Lane Shottery CV37 9HH
Received 10 Mar 2020Records 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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