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Stratford-on-Avon District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Stratford-on-Avon District Council decided more than 2,600 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 6% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 57 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 2,600
Share refusedof those approved or refused 6%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 57 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 230
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 35%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 38plan adopted 2016

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issues are whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to location, land use and amount of development proposed, with particular regard to: • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt; •…”

    Allowed, 2022

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2021

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2019

  • “The main issue to be determined in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surroundings.”

    Allowed, 2019

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.