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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
76,011 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Stables Wixford Alcester Warwickshire B49 6DD
Received 20 Nov 2000The Oriel House Church Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EL
Received 4 Nov 2013Site Verney Road Lighthorne Heath Leamington Spa Warwickshire
Received 14 Feb 2001St Gregorys Hall Henley Street Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QW
Received 1 Dec 2015Swans Nest Kiosk Swans Nest Lane Stratford-Upon-Avon CV37 7LS
Received 6 Jan 2017Rear Of Mill Cottage Land Off N Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 14 Sept 1998Tachbrook House Stourton Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HG
Received 3 Aug 2004Newfields Farm Shakers Lane Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9QB
Received 13 Oct 1997The Old School Lower Quinton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8SG
Received 20 Jul 2009Hawthorn Cottage Stratford Road Loxley Warwick CV35 9JN
Received 1 Apr 1975Upton Manor Pelham Lane Haselor B49 6LX
Received 11 Nov 2021The Ashes High Street Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EF
Received 21 Mar 20143 Manor Barns Middle Street Ilmington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4LS
Received 10 Jun 200422 Gerard Road Alcester Warwickshire B49 6QG
Received 28 May 2003Pasture Land At Coughton Court Coughton Alcester Warwickshire
Received 5 Dec 1990147 Aston Cantlow Road Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9XW
Received 3 Apr 2007Land At Grove End Henbrook Lane Upper Brailes Banbury Oxfordshire
Received 10 Sept 1991Parnell House 43 Maidenhead Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6XU
Received 12 Jan 201055 Darlow Drive Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9DG
Received 25 Mar 2009Compton Verney House Estate Compton Verney Warwick CV35 9HZ
Received 8 Nov 2016Former NHS Site Land W ear Of Arden Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 5 Jul 199411 Meadow Crofts Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2QT
Received 12 Mar 2004Appletree Cottage 10A New Street Tiddington Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7DA
Received 8 Jul 201615 Blenheim Walk Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9LJ
Received 23 Sept 1992Records 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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