Planning This Week in Stratford: Solar Farm Notice and 60 Homes Nearby

Welcome to Planning this week, our weekly guide to planning applications in and around Stratford-upon-Avon, in plain English, from Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s weekly list. The latest list, published on Monday 9 November, has 57 applications across the district. The biggest are 60 homes at Wootton Wawen and formal notice of a national-scale solar scheme around Salford Priors. In town, the Baptist Church wants solar panels and eight homes are planned on Loxley Road.

In Stratford-upon-Avon

• Arden Heath Bungalow, Loxley Road: the bungalow would be demolished for eight two-storey homes (26/02575/FUL). Full story.
• Stratford Baptist Church, Payton Street: solar panels at the rear of the church (26/02656/FUL and 26/02657/LBC).
• The Encore, 1 Bridge Street: new painted signs and two lit brass menu cases (26/02580/ADV and 26/02539/LBC). It was also in New in Stratford.
• Arden Court, Arden Street: three external signs, some of them lit (26/02610/ADV).
• The Bell Inn, Shottery: a concrete outbuilding and an old fence facing the car park would be replaced with a new outbuilding, fencing and a hedge (26/02420/FUL).
• Cross Hill Farm, Clifford Road: new antennas and an equipment cabinet on the phone mast site (26/02643/TEL28).

The rest of the town’s applications are for private homes: five for building work and two for trees. We don’t name householders, but you can see every application near you on our Planning near me map.

Around Stratford

• Wootton Wawen: up to 60 homes on Green Belt land off Alcester Road, half of them affordable (26/02538/OUT). Full story.
• Salford Priors and Bidford area: Arrow Valley Solar’s notice that it intends to apply to the government (26/02493/NSIPCO). Full story.
• Henley-in-Arden: 157 High Street, a listed building, could become a restaurant (26/02664/FUL and 26/02665/LBC). Full story.
• Wilmcote: a certificate to confirm that Arden Meadow Caravan Park has an existing lawful use for 23 static caravans as permanent homes (26/02681/LDE).
• Halford: the detailed design for one plot on the self-build site off Idlicote Road (26/02364/REM). More on the site.
• Tanworth-in-Arden: a farm hardstanding and access track at Forshaw Heath, partly built already (26/02350/FUL).
• Southam: a 9-metre telecoms pole outside a property on Warwick Street (26/02710/TEL28).

The list also has single new or replacement homes at Newbold on Stour, Yarningale Common, Harbury, Ladbroke and Oxhill, tree work in several villages, and work to private homes across the district.

Coming up at the council

The Planning Committee meets at 6pm on Wednesday 18 November to decide 202 homes on two sites at Shipston-on-Stour, which officers recommend approving. The Licensing Panel hears the Greenhill Street mini market’s midnight alcohol application at 10am on Thursday 12 November.

Last edition: Planning this week, 4 November. More at our planning topic page.

Details checked on 11 November 2026 using Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s weekly list of 9 November and the council’s meeting papers.

Alex Harrington

Alex Harrington grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and runs What's up, Stratford? as an independent guide to the town.