Planning permission in Stratford-on-Avon

Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Stratford-on-Avon. The rules are stricter in its 76 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.

Stratford-on-Avon at a glance

Conservation areas: 76
Article 4 areas: Not published
Protected landscapes: Cotswolds
Planning decisions: Stratford-on-Avon District Council

How many conservation areas are there in Stratford-on-Avon?

Stratford-on-Avon has 76 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.

Abbots Salford
Alcester
Alveston
Ardens Grafton
Arlescote
Arrow
Ashorne
Aston Cantlow
Avon Dassett
Barton
Barton-on-the-Heath
Bearley
Bidford-on-Avon
Binton
Brailes (Lower)
Broom
Charlecote and Hampton Lucy
Cherington
Claverdon
Clifford Chambers
Combrook and Compton Verney
Coughton
Darlingscott
Dorsington
Exhall
Farnborough
Fenny Compton
Great Alne
Great Wolford
Halford
Harbury
Haselor and Walcote
Henley-in-Arden
Honington
Ilmington
Kineton
Ladbroke
Lighthorne
Little Compton
Little Kineton
Long Compton
Long Itchington
Lower Shuckburgh
Luddington
Moreton Morrell
Newbold Pacey
Oxhill
Pillerton Hersey
Preston-on-Stour
Priors Hardwick
Priors Marston
Radway
Ratley
Salford Priors
Sambourne
Shipston-on-Stour
Shottery
Shotteswell
Snitterfield
Southam
Stourton (and Cherington)
Stratford upon Avon
Stretton-on-Fosse
Sutton-under-Brailes
Tanworth-in-Arden
Temple Grafton
Tredington
Tysoe (Middle and Upper)
Warmington
Welford-on-Avon
Wellesbourne
Whichford
Wilmcote
Winderton
Wooton Wawen
Wormleighton

Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.

Does Stratford-on-Avon have Article 4 directions?

Stratford-on-Avon hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.

What is an Article 4 direction?

Is any of Stratford-on-Avon in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?

National Landscape (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in or bordering Stratford-on-Avon: Cotswolds.
There is green belt in or bordering Stratford-on-Avon. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.

National parks and National Landscapes restrict permitted development in similar ways to conservation areas. Read more: extensions, loft dormers and garden rooms.

Listed buildings and protected trees in Stratford-on-Avon

Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Stratford-on-Avon doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.

Stratford-on-Avon doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.

What planning data does Stratford-on-Avon publish?

Planning data published by Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Data	Status	Records
Conservation area boundaries	Published	76
Article 4 direction boundaries	Not published	0
Listed building outlines	Not published	0
Tree preservation order areas	Not published	0
Protected trees	Not published	0

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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Stratford-on-Avon District Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Stratford-on-Avon District Council website.