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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.
5,234 approved · 1,273 refused · 381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Kettlehouse Road, Birmingham, B44 9JG
Received 7 Apr 2025Street Record, Morville Street, Birmingham
Received 7 Apr 2025Aquinas House, 63 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, B18 6NG
Received 7 Apr 2025196 Farren Road, Birmingham, B31 5HN
Received 7 Apr 202570 Jordan Road, Birmingham, B75 5AD
Received 7 Apr 2025332 Moseley Road, Birmingham, B12 9AZ
Received 7 Apr 2025101 Turnberry Road, Birmingham, B42 2HP
Received 7 Apr 202510 Mardon Road, Birmingham, B26 3EX
Received 7 Apr 202528 Upper Clifton Road, Birmingham, B73 6BP
Received 7 Apr 202564 Sherifoot Lane, Birmingham, B75 5DU
Received 7 Apr 202532 Bennett Road, Birmingham, B74 4TH
Received 8 Apr 2025193 Blackberry Lane, Birmingham, B74 4JJ
Received 5 Apr 202533 Leominster Road, Birmingham, B11 3BH
Received 3 Apr 2025107 Manor House Lane, Birmingham, B26 1PF
Received 3 Apr 202596 Cranbourne Road, Birmingham, B44 0DB
Received 2 Apr 202550 Sutton Oak Road, Birmingham, B73 6TL
Received 2 Apr 202511 Wimbourne Road, Birmingham, B76 2SU
Received 1 Apr 2025Four Oaks Junior And Infant School, Edge Hill Road, Birmingham, B74 4PA
Received 8 Apr 202525 Vicarage Road, Birmingham, B17 0SN
Received 8 Apr 202535 Beaconsfield Road, Birmingham, B12 9PE
Received 8 Apr 202573 Grove Lane, Birmingham, B17 0QT
Received 8 Apr 202557 Conchar Road, Birmingham, B72 1LJ
Received 8 Apr 2025615 Fox Hollies Road, Birmingham, B28 9DR
Received 8 Apr 2025332 Moseley Road, Birmingham, B12 9AZ
Received 8 Apr 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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