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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.
4,094 approved · 947 refused · 288 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Aug 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30A Hartopp Road, Birmingham, B74 2QX
Received 13 Sept 2024150 Church Road, Birmingham, B31 2LU
Received 13 Sept 2024150 Church Road, Birmingham, B31 2LU
Received 13 Sept 2024Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station, Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL
Received 13 Sept 2024Iceland Foods Plc, 11 Maney Corner, Birmingham, B72 1QL
Received 13 Sept 202445 Wellington Road, Birmingham, B15 2EP
Received 13 Sept 202411 Tilbury Grove, Birmingham, B13 8PE
Received 13 Sept 20241706 - 1708 Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B45 9QD
Received 13 Sept 2024New Hampton Lofts, 90 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, B18 6EU
Received 13 Sept 202411 Maple Croft, Birmingham, B13 0PF
Received 13 Sept 2024108 Albert Road, Birmingham, B21 9JU
Received 13 Sept 202467 Stoney Lane, Birmingham, B25 8RE
Received 13 Sept 2024325 Tyburn Road, Birmingham, B24 8HS
Received 15 Sept 202444 Coniston Road, Birmingham, B23 6HJ
Received 15 Sept 20243 Standlake Avenue, Birmingham, B36 8JR
Received 15 Sept 2024167 Stechford Road, Birmingham, B34 6AS
Received 15 Sept 202437 Calthorpe Road, Birmingham, B15 1TS
Received 30 Sept 20244 Warstone Parade East, Birmingham, B18 6NR
Received 30 Sept 202431 Brook Lane, Birmingham, B13 0AA
Received 30 Sept 202418 Coleshill Road, Birmingham, B36 8AA
Received 30 Sept 2024117 Grange Road, Birmingham, B10 9QT
Received 30 Sept 202446 St Marys Road, Birmingham, B17 0HA
Received 30 Sept 2024Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 30 Sept 2024122 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5RS
Received 30 Sept 2024Records 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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