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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
Birmingham City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Birmingham City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,993Searchable applications
183Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,041 approved or refused records
947Refused applications
4,094 approved · 947 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and developmentContact planning Contact us by postLocal plan Local plan documentsPre-application advice Pre-application advice and Planning Performance AgreementsArticle 4 directions City-Wide Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningstrategy@birmingham.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.Breaches@birmingham.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.Registration@birmingham.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas29 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas13 mapped area records2 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED AND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS2024/07579/PA
Application for a prior notification for the proposed demolition of existing building
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, 45 Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07580/PA
External alterations and the reconfiguration of the existing mezzanine floorspace
Fort Shopping Park, Fort Parkway, Birmingham, B24 9FP
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE2024/07581/PA
Application to determine the details for condition number 9 (hard surfacing) 11 (boundary treatment) 12 (landscaping) 16 (rain garden details) attached to approval 2022/05774/PA
6 Dalmuir Road, Birmingham, B31 2GY
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07582/PA
Installation of external wall insulation with render finish.
11 Bessborough Road, Birmingham, B25 8ST
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: SECTION 191 / 192 PERMISSION NOT REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE ISSUED)2024/07583/PA
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single storey outbuilding to rear
64 Bennett Road, Birmingham, B74 4TG
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE2024/07584/PA
Application to determine the details for condition number 1 (contamination remediation scheme) 2 (contaminated land verification report) 9 (boundary treatment) 10 (architectural details) attached to approval 2024/04873/PA
28A Hartopp Road, Birmingham, B74 2RB
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07585/PA
Erection of first floor side extension, alteration to front dormer window, forward porch canopy, conversion of garage to habitable room and also include increase to roof height.
144 Hill Village Road, Birmingham, B75 5HX
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07586/PA
Erection of single storey rear extension
106 Reginald Road, Birmingham, B8 1LU
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07587/PA
Erection of two storey side, forward and rear extensions and single storey rear extension
761 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1EW
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE2024/07591/PA
Application to determine the details for condition numbers 3 (external materials) 4 (sustainable drainage scheme) 10 (site level details) 13 (construction method statement/management plan) 17 (contamination remediation scheme) 19 (bird/bat boxes) 20 (ecological management plan) 21 (ecological enhancement strategy) attached to approval 2023/07519/PA
118 School Road, Birmingham, B14 4JR
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE2024/07597/PA
Non material amendments to Planning Approval 2022/07202/PA for changes to rainscreen cladding
Handsworth Wood Academy, Church Lane, Birmingham, B20 2HL
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07598/PA
Erection of two storey and single storey side and rear extension.
35 Smirrells Road, Birmingham, B28 0LA
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07599/PA
Erection of single storey rear extension
58 Water Orton Lane, Birmingham, B76 9BT
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: SECTION 191 / 192 PERMISSION NOT REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE ISSUED)2024/07603/PA
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use as 6-bed HMO (Use Class C4)
43 Hunton Road, Birmingham, B23 6AJ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07604/PA
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
51 Mayfield Road, Birmingham, B73 5QJ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: SECTION 191 / 192 PERMISSION NOT REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE ISSUED)2024/07605/PA
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed loft conversion and associated dormer window and roof lights
9 Westfield Road, Birmingham, B14 7SX
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07606/PA
Erection of first floor side and rear extensions
121 Queens Road, Birmingham, B26 2AS
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decided: SEEN & NOTED BY AUTHORITY2024/07730/PA
Telecoms License Advisory for the installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
Street Record, Alum Rock Road, Birmingham
Received 30 Nov 2024 - Decided: SEEN & NOTED BY AUTHORITY2024/07731/PA
Telecoms License Advisory for the installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
57 Reservoir Road, Birmingham, B16 9EL
Received 30 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/07732/PA
Erection of single storey rear extension and alterations to front elevation to include two storey bay window
58 Ventnor Avenue, Birmingham, B36 8EF
Received 30 Nov 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/08109/PA
Outline planning application for the erection of 2 no. dwelling houses with some matters reserved except access, layout and scale.
135 Winson Green Road, Birmingham, B18 4AW
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2024/08110/PA
Erection of two storey side and rear extension, single side extension, loft conversion with dormer window to rear and front bay window
81 Charnwood Road, Birmingham, B42 1JS
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decided: REFUSE2024/08111/PA
Part demolition of existing building and retention of erection of two storey rear extension with external stair to existing building
295 Harborne Lane, Birmingham, B17 0NT
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decided: APPROVE2024/08119/PA
Application to determine the details for condition numbers 12. (Demolition Method Statement) and 13. (Demolition and Construction Ecological Management Plan) attached to planning application 2022/08496/PA
Street Record, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham
Received 30 Dec 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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