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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.
4,868 approved · 1,172 refused · 337 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street Record, Brockworth Road, Birmingham
Received 26 Feb 202528 Hampshire Drive, Birmingham, B15 3NZ
Received 26 Feb 202511 Shaws Passage, Birmingham, B5 5JG
Received 26 Feb 2025Street Record, Ardath Road, Birmingham
Received 26 Feb 2025111 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, B18 6NZ
Received 26 Feb 2025Bagot Arms, Eachelhurst Road, Birmingham, B24 0QL
Received 26 Feb 202517 Wadhurst Road, Birmingham, B17 8JF
Received 26 Feb 2025Jervoise House, 157 Jervoise Road, Birmingham, B29 5QT
Received 26 Feb 2025146 St Saviours Road, Birmingham, B8 1HQ
Received 26 Feb 202515 Tanfield Road, Birmingham, B33 9ER
Received 26 Feb 2025Well House, Raddlebarn Road, Birmingham, B29 6WY
Received 26 Feb 20252 Finlarigg Drive, Birmingham, B15 3RH
Received 26 Feb 20251290 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B30 2XU
Received 26 Feb 202593 Parkhouse Drive, Birmingham, B23 7UA
Received 24 Feb 202527 Wychbury Road, Birmingham, B32 4DH
Received 21 Feb 202518 Green Lane, Birmingham, B32 1EP
Received 25 Feb 20256 Teignmouth Road, Birmingham, B29 7AZ
Received 25 Feb 2025Gothic House, Hospital Street, Birmingham, B19 3PY
Received 25 Feb 2025175 - 176 Hockley Hill, Birmingham, B18 5AN
Received 25 Feb 202575 Raddlebarn Road, Birmingham, B29 7DA
Received 20 Feb 202510 Lenchs Green, Birmingham, B5 7PX
Received 27 Feb 2025Street Record, Hope Street, Birmingham
Received 27 Feb 202525 Woodview Drive, Birmingham, B15 2JF
Received 27 Feb 202579 Beauchamp Avenue, Birmingham, B20 1DS
Received 27 Feb 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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