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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76,009 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Stone Cottage Home Farm Road Idlicote CV36 5DT
Received 10 Feb 2017The Cottage Haselor Alcester B49 6LU
Received 4 May 2020Hutchinson 3G Site Ref (OX0064) Farnborough Hill Farm Southam Road Farnborough
Received 2 Feb 2016Corner Cottage Fulbrook Lane Lower Fulbrook Warwick CV35 8AS
Received 31 Jan 2008Our Lady & St Benedict Chapel Stratford Road Wootton Wawen Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire
Received 7 May 20021 Nelson Close Ettington Warwickshire CV37 7SL
Received 31 Jan 2024The Elms Plough Lane Bishops Itchington Southam Warwickshire CV47 2QG
Received 24 Jul 1991Mill View Chesterton Road Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9NJ
Received 2 Jan 2003237 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5BG
Received 14 Dec 2016Low Thatch High Street Welford-On-Avon CV37 8EF
Received 21 Dec 2021201 Drayton Avenue Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9LD
Received 7 Nov 2011Land Adjacent To Hollybush Cottage Holly Bush Lane Priors Marston CV47 7RW
Received 14 Dec 2021Ormond Lodge Stratford Road Newbold-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8TS
Received 4 Sept 2024Radbrook Farm Preston-on-Stour Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 27 Nov 1996Daffodil Cottage Church Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EJ
Received 31 Oct 1997Orchard House Chapel Street Warmington OX17 1DB
Received 7 Jun 2017The Knoll Walcote Road Walcote B49 6LZ
Received 5 Aug 202121 Hornsby Close Shipston-On-Stour CV36 4AH
Received 7 Jan 2020Ferndale Warwick Road Gaydon Warwick CV35 0HD
Received 10 Apr 201529 Alderminster Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8NY
Received 12 May 1997Greenways Temple Grafton Alcester Warwickshire B49 6NX
Received 27 Mar 1995Orchard Barn Ecclestone Court Binton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9TQ
Received 17 Jan 2008Dorset House Church Street Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AJ
Received 29 Jul 2008Royal Shakespeare Theatre Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BB
Received 6 Dec 2024Records 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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