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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76,014 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sweet Acre Exhall Alcester Warwickshire B49 6EA
Received 2 Oct 2008Kineton High School Banbury Road Kineton Warwick CV35 0JX
Received 18 Feb 2010Priors Barn Hellidon Road Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RN
Received 21 Mar 2011Hawkswood Farm Gospel Oak Lane Pathlow Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0JA
Received 21 Jul 2011Beggars Roost Forshaw Heath Lane Earlswood Solihull West Midlands B94 5LJ
Received 25 Jun 2004136 Alcester Road Studley Warwickshire B80 7NT
Received 21 Jun 200026 Model Village Long Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 9RB
Received 3 Sept 2008Henneys Farm Friday Street Lower Quinton CV37 8SQ
Received 31 Jan 2020Old Coach House Kineton Road Southam CV47 2DG
Received 4 Jul 2016The Hedgeway Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull West Midlands B94 5NJ
Received 4 Oct 2004The Bell Court Shopping Centre Bell Court Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6JP
Received 1 Apr 19753 Little Houses Banbury Road Lighthorne Warwick CV35 0AE
Received 4 May 2022Land Off Poolhead Lane Poolhead Lane Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands
Received 1 Oct 2004Lock Cottage Folly Lane Napton-on-the-Hill Southam CV47 8NZ
Received 9 Feb 20115 Shelley Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7JR
Received 1 Feb 1995Marie Corelli School Drayton Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9PT
Received 27 May 2004Birmingham Road Outside Maybird Centre (Retail Park) Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV1 0HZ
Received 25 Feb 200913 Cherry Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DF
Received 25 Sept 201759 Knights Lane Tiddington Warwickshire CV37 7BY
Received 10 Apr 20157 Holly Lodge Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9RE
Received 27 Jan 2017The Shambles Farnborough Banbury OX17 1DZ
Received 27 Jul 20048 Tudor Lane Southam Warwickshire CV47 1HS
Received 5 Dec 2003Rock Hill Lower End Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5PQ
Received 14 Feb 2007Social Centre Forshaw Heath Lane Earlswood Solihull West Midlands B94 5LH
Received 1 Dec 2000Records 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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