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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.
5,299 approved · 1,283 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Sheffield Road, Birmingham, B73 5HA
Received 16 Apr 2025208 Stechford Road, Birmingham, B34 6BL
Received 14 Apr 2025Street Record, Pershore Road, Birmingham
Received 15 Apr 202520 Chetwynd Road, Birmingham, B8 2LA
Received 14 Apr 2025105 Rocky Lane, Birmingham, B42 1QZ
Received 14 Apr 2025Street Record, Tyseley Lane, Birmingham
Received 15 Apr 202581, 81 - 85 Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9SP
Received 14 Apr 2025187 Knowle Road, Birmingham, B11 3AL
Received 10 Mar 202527 Faraday Avenue, Birmingham, B32 1LU
Received 11 Mar 202556 Rowlands Road, Birmingham, B26 1AS
Received 10 Mar 2025115 Alwold Road, Birmingham, B29 5RJ
Received 23 Apr 2025344 Alwold Road, Birmingham, B29 5JR
Received 23 Apr 202569 Fosbrooke Road, Birmingham, B10 9JY
Received 23 Apr 2025Holland House, Great Hampton Row, Birmingham, B19 3JJ
Received 23 Apr 20258 St Augustines Road, Birmingham, B16 9JU
Received 23 Apr 202511 Farquhar Road, Birmingham, B15 3RA
Received 23 Apr 202510 Pakenham Road, Birmingham, B15 2NE
Received 23 Apr 202528 Morris Road, Birmingham, B8 2EG
Received 23 Apr 2025Four Oaks Junior And Infant School, Edge Hill Road, Birmingham, B74 4PA
Received 23 Apr 2025New Oscott Primary School, Markham Road, Birmingham, B73 6QR
Received 23 Apr 20251114A Warwick Road, B27 6BL
Received 22 Apr 202550 Allens Farm Road, Birmingham, B31 5RG
Received 22 Apr 202553 Amberley Grove, Birmingham, B6 7AN
Received 21 Apr 202575 Wardend Road, Birmingham, B8 2QX
Received 21 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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