Planning decisions in Stratford On Avon

How long Stratford On Avon takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 2,618 decisions it made in the twelve months to September 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.

52 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 60 from receipt
64%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 83% within thirteen
93%approved (UK 90%): 2,209 approved, 157 refused, 156 withdrawn
155 of 388UK rank for speed, down 62 places on last year; 139 of 388 for approvals
05691 October 2025: 53 days, 168 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 54 days, 239 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 53 days, 187 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 55 days, 184 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 55 days, 183 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 59 days, 247 decisionsMarApril 2026: 95 days, 201 decisionsAprMay 2026: 76 days, 212 decisionsMayJune 2026: 68 days, 268 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 62 days, 253 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 76 days, 239 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 75 days, 237 decisionsSept
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (54 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Full applications5849%93%943180 of 359
Tree works4097%99%669171 of 324
Lawful development certificates4878%91%247107 of 348
Amendments5265%96%201240 of 356
Prior approvals3782%88%187194 of 340
Listed building consent7432%93%169240 of 307
Outline applications7531%75%6364 of 110
Section 106 and planning obligations6642%49%4014 of 29
Advertisement consent5659%94%37220 of 320
Reserved matters *898%100%2423 of 44

Appeals

77 appeals against Stratford On Avon decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 49 for every 100 refusals; 38% were allowed. Every appeal in Stratford On Avon.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *2785%85%58
2017 *15100%97%61
2018 *11100%98%43
2019 *23100%95%41
2020 *8030%89%47
2021 *21100%98%52
2022 *2299%99%76
2023 *9724%92%161
2024 *8433%89%158
2025 *6438%94%34
2026 so far6642%93%2,024

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Stratford On Avon's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Stratford On Avon, appeals, or get alerts for Stratford On Avon.

About these figures

How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.