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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.
5,463 approved · 1,311 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Waterloo Road, Birmingham, B14 7SD
Received 26 Jun 202531 Lily Road, Birmingham, B26 1TE
Received 26 Jun 2025160 Quinton Road West, Birmingham, B32 2RL
Received 26 Jun 202543 Egginton Road, Birmingham, B28 0LY
Received 26 Jun 202532 Myring Drive, Birmingham, B75 7RZ
Received 27 Jun 2025114 Baldwins Lane, Birmingham, B28 0QE
Received 25 Jun 202527 Ellesboro Road, Birmingham, B17 8PU
Received 26 Jun 202556 Sandford Road, Birmingham, B13 9BS
Received 25 Jun 2025352 Barrows Lane, Birmingham, B26 1QJ
Received 25 Jun 20257 Orphanage Road, Birmingham, B24 9HP
Received 26 Jun 2025171 Sandwell Road, Birmingham, B21 8PD
Received 27 Jun 2025Hillwood House, Hillwood Road, Birmingham, B75 5QN
Received 27 Jun 2025Canalside Cottages, 35 Gas Street, Birmingham, B1 2JP
Received 27 Jun 2025Level 7, Bull Ring, Birmingham, B5 4BU
Received 27 Jun 202527 Rawdon Grove, Birmingham, B44 0EY
Received 27 Jun 2025115 Oxford Road, B27 6DR
Received 27 Jun 2025Street Record, Soho Hill, Birmingham
Received 27 Jun 2025879 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B29 7PS
Received 27 Jun 2025108 Fairholme Road, Birmingham, B36 8HP
Received 27 Jun 2025120 Grove Road, Birmingham, B14 6SY
Received 27 Jun 202520 Kesterton Road, Birmingham, B74 4JP
Received 27 Jun 2025143 Reginald Road, Birmingham, B8 1LT
Received 19 Jun 202523 Heroes Drive, Birmingham, B29 6UQ
Received 23 Jun 202560 Kedleston Road, Birmingham, B28 0NR
Received 23 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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