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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.
5,817 approved · 1,390 refused · 424 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
86 Caldwell Road, Birmingham, B9 5TH
Received 18 Dec 2025Street Record, Gough Street, Birmingham
Received 12 Dec 2025University Of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2RS
Received 12 Dec 2025Barber Institute Of Fine Arts University Of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TS
Received 12 Dec 2025Barber Institute Of Fine Arts University Of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TS
Received 12 Dec 2025Barber Institute Of Fine Arts University Of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TS
Received 12 Dec 20259 Perton Grove, Birmingham, B29 5DE
Received 12 Dec 202517 Shepherds Pool Road, Birmingham, B75 6NB
Received 15 Dec 202519 George Road, Birmingham, B29 6AH
Received 15 Dec 202557 Knightlow Road, Birmingham, B17 8PX
Received 15 Dec 2025Ledbury House, Shirestone Road, Birmingham, B33 0BY
Received 15 Dec 2025Bradfield House, Greenvale Avenue, Birmingham, B26 3XJ
Received 15 Dec 2025Vantage Point, 20 Upper Portland Street, Birmingham, B6 5TW
Received 15 Dec 202565 Kings Road, Birmingham, B73 5AD
Received 15 Dec 2025Fort Industrial Park, Chester Road, Birmingham, B35 7AR
Received 15 Dec 2025175 Court Oak Road, Birmingham, B17 9AD
Received 15 Dec 202524 Eddish Road, Birmingham, B33 9RG
Received 15 Dec 202510 Birmingham Road, Birmingham, B72 1QG
Received 15 Dec 2025Welsh House Farm Junior And Infant School, Welsh House Farm Road, Birmingham, B32 2NG
Received 15 Dec 2025Street Record, Purbeck Croft, Birmingham
Received 15 Dec 2025North Worcestershire Golf Club Ltd, Hanging Lane, Birmingham, B31 5LP
Received 15 Dec 2025122 Teignmouth Road, Birmingham, B29 7AY
Received 15 Dec 2025Street Record, Wiggins Hill Road, Birmingham
Received 15 Dec 20258A Greenfield Crescent, Birmingham, B15 3BE
Received 15 Dec 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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