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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
76,014 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parsonsfield Camp Lane Henley-in-Arden B95 5QJ
Received 18 Jul 202410 Bridge Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6AB
Received 1 Apr 197527-34 Great William Street Stratford-upon-Avon
Received 9 Mar 1990High-Ridge Edgehill Banbury OX15 6DJ
Received 14 Jun 2023Silver Birches Alveston Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7QD
Received 8 Jan 2003The Spinney Broad Lane Tanworth-In-Arden B94 5HR
Received 23 Jul 2021Holego House Fosse Way Halford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5BW
Received 15 Apr 200519 Sanctus Drive Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6DJ
Received 3 Dec 2015Church Hill Farm Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AR
Received 27 May 2005Waltons Close Wattons Lane Warwick Road Southam
Received 11 Jun 2014Old Brook Cottages Willington
Received 27 Sept 2000Land Enclosed By A46 The Ridgeway Alcester Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 21 Dec 2001Billesley Manor Billesley Road Billesley B49 6NF
Received 25 Oct 2018Lower Close Oxhill Warwick CV35 0RH
Received 9 Jun 199427 Bridge Street Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 6AD
Received 22 Nov 2021Shakespeare Cottage Walcote Alcester Warwickshire B49 6LZ
Received 14 Apr 20087A Rother Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LU
Received 7 Dec 2011Bar Humbug Guild Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QZ
Received 20 Jun 200312 Bridge Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6AB
Received 18 Jan 1999Riverside Caravan Park Tiddington Road Tiddington Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0NS
Received 21 Jan 2004Shottery Allotments Church Lane Shottery
Received 1 May 2012Slade House Tredington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4NJ
Received 8 May 200925 Hanson Avenue Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4HS
Received 25 Sept 1997Lower New House Farm Wormleighton Southam CV47 2XL
Received 24 Nov 2010Records 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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