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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.
5,018 approved · 1,206 refused · 359 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Witton Lodge Road, Birmingham, B23 5HP
Received 12 Mar 202556 Clark Street, Birmingham, B16 9ES
Received 11 Mar 202584 Reservoir Road, Birmingham, B16 9DS
Received 11 Mar 2025107 Jockey Road, Birmingham, B73 5PH
Received 8 Mar 202540 Kingsdown Road, Birmingham, B31 1AH
Received 7 Mar 2025280 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B10 0XA
Received 7 Mar 202599 Osmaston Road, Birmingham, B17 0TH
Received 7 Mar 202535 Dettonford Road, Birmingham, B32 4HF
Received 10 Mar 2025146 Yew Tree Road, Birmingham, B6 6RU
Received 7 Mar 202583 Anstey Road, Birmingham, B44 8AN
Received 7 Mar 202553 St Denis Road, Birmingham, B29 4JY
Received 10 Mar 202564 Romsley Road, Birmingham, B32 3PS
Received 10 Mar 202566 Romsley Road, Birmingham, B32 3PS
Received 10 Mar 202557 Quarry Lane, Birmingham, B31 2PZ
Received 3 Mar 202577 South Road, Birmingham, B31 2QZ
Received 4 Mar 202520 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JR
Received 5 Mar 2025135 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4NS
Received 11 Mar 2025Cedar House, 7 Cypress Gardens, Birmingham, B74 2HD
Received 11 Mar 2025Street Record, Kingsbury Road, Birmingham
Received 11 Mar 202518 Chesterwood Road, Birmingham, B13 0QF
Received 11 Mar 202526 Hall Street, Birmingham, B18 6BS
Received 10 Mar 2025King Edward Vi Camp Hill School For Boys, Vicarage Road, Birmingham, B14 7QJ
Received 11 Mar 2025114 Linden Road, Birmingham, B30 1LB
Received 11 Mar 202568 Knightlow Road, Birmingham, B17 8QB
Received 8 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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