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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.
4,953 approved · 1,193 refused · 354 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 New Church Road, Birmingham, B73 5RP
Received 5 Mar 2025Featherstone Junior And Infant School, Glenville Drive, Birmingham, B23 6PR
Received 5 Mar 2025Black Horse, Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2QT
Received 5 Mar 202565 Senneleys Park Road, Birmingham, B31 1AE
Received 5 Mar 202511 Flavells Lane, Birmingham, B25 8SG
Received 4 Feb 20251350 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B25 8AF
Received 4 Feb 2025181 Monica Road, Birmingham, B10 9BN
Received 3 Mar 2025Street Record, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham
Received 5 Mar 202518 St Johns Road, Birmingham, B17 9LD
Received 5 Mar 202538 - 44 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7LB
Received 5 Mar 202562 Vincent Parade, Birmingham, B12 9TH
Received 1 Mar 202578 Westbury Road, Birmingham, B17 8JH
Received 3 Mar 202510 Leighton Road, Birmingham, B13 8HD
Received 1 Mar 202519 Carless Avenue, Birmingham, B17 9BN
Received 5 Mar 202558 Fernhurst Road, Birmingham, B8 3EQ
Received 5 Mar 202542 Bromwich Walk, Birmingham, B9 5PE
Received 5 Mar 202529 Marchmount Road, Birmingham, B72 1EE
Received 5 Mar 2025573 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1ND
Received 5 Mar 202520 Westfield Road, Birmingham, B15 3QG
Received 5 Mar 2025Street Record, Abberley Street, Birmingham
Received 25 Feb 2025224 Eachelhurst Road, Birmingham, B76 1EW
Received 4 Feb 2025Street Record, Holliday Street, Birmingham
Received 3 Mar 2025188 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B74 4RH
Received 3 Mar 202560 Dunton Close, Birmingham, B75 5QD
Received 3 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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