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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.
5,450 approved · 1,311 refused · 392 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jun 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
732 Shirley Road, Birmingham, B28 9LF
Received 24 Jun 202518 Webb Lane, Birmingham, B28 0EA
Received 24 Jun 202598 Wentworth Road, Birmingham, B17 9SY
Received 26 Jun 202598 Wentworth Road, Birmingham, B17 9SY
Received 26 Jun 202534 Hylton Street, Birmingham, B18 6HN
Received 26 Jun 2025168 Perry Common Road, Birmingham, B23 7AT
Received 24 Jun 202544 Admington Road, Birmingham, B33 0RT
Received 9 Jun 20257 Orphanage Road, Birmingham, B24 9HP
Received 26 Jun 202577 Eachelhurst Road, Birmingham, B24 0QA
Received 26 Jun 202567 - 71 Temple Row, Birmingham, B2 5LS
Received 26 Jun 2025Birmingham Womens Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2TG
Received 26 Jun 202566 Camden Street, Birmingham, B1 3DP
Received 26 Jun 202576 Henshaw Road, Birmingham, B10 0SX
Received 22 May 202572 Lakey Lane, Birmingham, B28 9DS
Received 26 Jun 2025126 Oscott School Lane, Birmingham, B44 9EL
Received 26 Jun 202540 Holyhead Road, Birmingham, B21 0LS
Received 26 Jun 2025The Stork, 140 Heathfield Road, Birmingham, B19 1JF
Received 26 Jun 202556 Gravelly Lane, Birmingham, B23 6UH
Received 26 Jun 20252 Weaver Court, Birmingham, B75 5UE
Received 26 Jun 20251 Mary Ann Street, Birmingham, B3 1RL
Received 26 Jun 2025855 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 2AG
Received 26 Jun 202538 Lifford Close, Birmingham, B14 6QL
Received 26 Jun 2025144 Round Road, Birmingham, B24 9SN
Received 26 Jun 2025Street Record, Bradford Street, Birmingham
Received 26 Jun 2025Records 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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