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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76,009 approved · 9,755 refused · 7,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 St Wulstan Way Southam CV47 1TU
Received 15 Mar 20212 Ferry Lane Alveston Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 7QX
Received 17 May 1996The Royal Oak Whatcote Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5EF
Received 26 Jan 2016New Barn Barton Road Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0PQ
Received 7 Jul 1992Orchardene Church Lane Welford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8EL
Received 27 Feb 2012The Coach House Tidmington House Tidmington Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5AH
Received 20 Nov 2024Holly Cottage High Street Welford On Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 8EA
Received 15 Jul 1994Ridgeway Paddocks Snowford Hill Leamington Road Long Itchington CV47 9QE
Received 7 Feb 2025Hill Farm Pig Trot Lane Danzey Green Solihull B94 5BJ
Received 4 Feb 2019St James Church Evesham Road Weethley Alcester Warwickshire
Received 7 Jan 2008Land At Hampton Lucy Stratford Road Hampton Lucy
Received 2 Feb 20151 Stowe Drive Southam CV47 1NY
Received 23 Dec 2020Janes Cottage Main Street Moreton Morrell CV35 9AR
Received 26 Jul 2016Land N Of Corner Land At The Avenue Bishopton Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire
Received 22 Sept 1998Land Off London Road Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire
Received 6 Aug 1999Swans Nest Hotel Swans Nest Lane Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7LT
Received 24 Oct 2011Oak House Farm Bungalow Barton-on-the-Heath Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0PQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Prospect Cottage Cherington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HS
Received 1 Apr 197461 Shottery Road Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 9QQ
Received 16 Jan 1998Herringbone Fields Whichford
Received 8 Oct 2018Hallmark Hotels - The Welcombe Warwick Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0NR
Received 24 Oct 2023Barn Hill Court Bridge Road Butlers Marston
Received 2 Dec 20229 Idlicote Road Halford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5DG
Received 16 Sept 2022Rose Cottage Main Street Farnborough OX17 1EA
Received 30 Jun 2020Records 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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