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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.
5,507 approved · 1,317 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Mary Ann Street, Birmingham, B3 1RL
Received 1 Jul 20254 Sherratt Close, Birmingham, B76 1GL
Received 1 Jul 2025Street Record, Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Received 1 Jul 2025New Oscott Primary School, Markham Road, Birmingham, B73 6QR
Received 4 Jul 202563 Greenhill Road, Birmingham, B13 9SU
Received 4 Jul 2025Derwent Works, 32 - 34 Constitution Hill, Birmingham, B19 3JT
Received 3 Jul 2025Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 4 Jul 202528 Hollyhurst Road, Birmingham, B73 6SY
Received 4 Jul 202561 Starbank Road, Birmingham, B10 9LE
Received 20 May 2025524 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B10 0UN
Received 4 Jul 20252 Bankside, Birmingham, B13 9LU
Received 4 Jul 202526 Tintern Road, Birmingham, B20 3HJ
Received 4 Jul 202560 Howard Road, Birmingham, B14 7PQ
Received 4 Jul 202582 Heeley Road, Birmingham, B29 6EZ
Received 4 Jul 202596 Heeley Road, Birmingham, B29 6EZ
Received 4 Jul 2025152 Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, B8 1RQ
Received 4 Jul 202510 Antringham Gardens, Birmingham, B15 3QL
Received 4 Jul 2025192 Benedon Road, Birmingham, B26 2UX
Received 4 Jul 2025266 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3DD
Received 4 Jul 202564 Harborne Road, Birmingham, B15 3HE
Received 7 Jul 2025The Red Lion, 94 - 95 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, B18 6NG
Received 7 Jul 2025274 Hubert Road, Birmingham, B29 6EP
Received 7 Jul 2025110 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4EU
Received 7 Jul 2025166 Alwold Road, Birmingham, B29 5RX
Received 7 Jul 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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