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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Birmingham City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,664 approved · 1,132 refused · 317 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
64 Oakhill Crescent, Birmingham, B27 7LS
Received 25 Sept 2026604 Chester Road, Birmingham, B73 5HJ
Received 25 Sept 202631 Gerardsfield Road, Birmingham, B33 0BA
Received 25 Sept 202643 Pendragon Road, Birmingham, B42 1RN
Received 26 Sept 202618 Penley Grove, Birmingham, B8 2BJ
Received 23 Sept 202686 Cole Valley Road, Birmingham, B28 0DF
Received 28 Sept 2026Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 28 Sept 2026523 Barrows Lane, Birmingham, B26 3BG
Received 29 Sept 2026Midpoint Park 5000 Midpoint Park Kingsbury Road Sutton ColdfieldSutton Coldfield Birmingham B76 1AF
Received 29 Sept 2026Prince Albert High School, 115 Holford Drive, Birmingham, B42 2TU
Received 29 Sept 20262 Melbourne Avenue, Birmingham, B19 2HY
Received 25 Sept 2026Street Record, Moat Lane, Birmingham
Received 1 Oct 2026Street Record, Moat Lane, Birmingham
Received 1 Oct 2026Street Record, Moat Lane, Birmingham
Received 1 Oct 202626 Vicarage Road, Birmingham, B33 8PH
Received 30 Sept 2026185 Cranes Park Road, Birmingham, B26 3SP
Received 2 Oct 2026178 Dyas Avenue, Birmingham, B42 1HG
Received 2 Oct 2026251 Dawlish Road, Birmingham, B29 7AS
Received 2 Oct 2026251 Dawlish Road, Birmingham, B29 7AS
Received 2 Oct 2026Fifth Floor, 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AP
Received 5 Oct 2026Fifth Floor, 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AP
Received 2 Oct 202622 Frederick Road, Birmingham, B29 6PB
Received 4 Oct 20269 Bramley Road, Birmingham, B27 6TR
Received 5 Oct 2026113 Ermington Crescent, Birmingham, B36 8AS
Received 5 Oct 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Birmingham City 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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