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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
76,009 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alcester Sewage Treatment Work Severn Trent Water Mill Lane Oversley Green Alcester Warwickshire
Received 27 Feb 1997The Old Post Office The Green Warmington Banbury OX17 1BU
Received 6 Dec 2016Willowmere Common Lane Mappleborough Green Studley B80 7DP
Received 11 Jun 2014Between Smithy Cottage And Stepping Stones The Bank Lighthorne Warwick
Received 5 Jan 1998The Tennis Court Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AL
Received 9 Apr 1990Fenny Compton Garage Fenny Compton Wharf Fenny Compton Southam Warwickshire CV47 2XF
Received 8 Aug 2007Armscote Old Meeting House Armscote Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8DD
Received 24 Jan 2008115 Grange Road Bearley Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 0SF
Received 20 Feb 1992Hillox Whatcote Road Oxhill Warwick CV35 0RA
Received 17 Jun 1991Dan Skelton Racing Lodge Hill Shelfield Green Alcester B49 6JR
Received 17 Feb 2020Orchard Cottage Whichford Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire
Received 15 May 1996Yew Tree Cottage Tom Hill Tanworth-In-Arden B94 5AB
Received 22 Oct 2019Garage Block Duttons Close Snitterfield
Received 4 Aug 2020Cherington House Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HS
Received 20 Nov 2008The Spinney Charlecote Warwick CV35 9EW
Received 7 Aug 2024Meadow Cottage Avon Dassett Southam Warwickshire CV47 2AP
Received 17 Jul 20036 York Close Studley Warwickshire B80 7LA
Received 27 Jan 1999Hillsbrook Middletown Lane Studley B80 7PW
Received 9 Aug 1991The Yews Moreton Morrell Warwick CV35 9AR
Received 24 Sept 19969A Aintree Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9FL
Received 25 Oct 20242 Lincoln Close Wellesbourne Warwick CV35 9JE
Received 3 May 1995Stratford Technology Park Timothys Bridge Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 8 Sept 2005The Old Vicarage Vicarage Hill Tanworth-in-Arden Solihull West Midlands B94 5EB
Received 24 Jan 2003Hardwick Farm Kineton Warwick CV35 0DY
Received 30 Jan 2008Records 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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