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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.
4,948 approved · 1,191 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Boultbee Road, Birmingham, B72 1DW
Received 25 Feb 2025106 College Road, Birmingham, B44 8DA
Received 1 Mar 2025St Chads Court, 213 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 9RG
Received 4 Mar 202511 Primrose Croft, Birmingham, B28 0JP
Received 4 Mar 2025164 Northfield Road, Birmingham, B30 1DX
Received 4 Mar 2025Street Record, Abberley Street, Birmingham
Received 3 Mar 2025107 Southam Road, Birmingham, B28 0AB
Received 2 Mar 2025Reliance Works, 62 Northwood Street, Birmingham, B3 1TT
Received 4 Mar 2025210 Quinton Road, Birmingham, B17 0RP
Received 4 Mar 2025St Andrews Healthcare, 70 Dogpool Lane, Birmingham, B30 2XR
Received 4 Mar 202549 Wheaton Vale, Birmingham, B20 1AH
Received 4 Mar 202516 Lyncroft Road, Birmingham, B11 3EH
Received 4 Mar 2025107 Vicarage Road, Birmingham, B14 7QG
Received 4 Mar 202528 Henlow Road, Birmingham, B14 5DT
Received 4 Mar 2025115 Ferncliffe Road, Birmingham, B17 0QJ
Received 5 Mar 202536 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7JT
Received 3 Mar 2025220 Churchill Road, Birmingham, B9 5NU
Received 3 Mar 20252 Daleview Road, Birmingham, B14 4HN
Received 3 Mar 202516 Otley Grove, Birmingham, B9 5UB
Received 3 Mar 2025Street Record, Duddeston Mill Road, Birmingham
Received 27 Feb 2025Street Record, Bristol Road South, Birmingham
Received 27 Feb 202516 Colmore Road, Birmingham, B14 7PE
Received 3 Feb 202517 Twycross Grove, Birmingham, B36 8LB
Received 3 Feb 202528 Beech Farm Croft, Birmingham, B31 2LG
Received 5 Mar 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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