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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.
5,655 approved · 1,352 refused · 408 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
79 School Road, Birmingham, B28 8JQ
Received 9 Sept 202569 Belchers Lane, Birmingham, B8 3EY
Received 9 Sept 202527 Shepherds Way, Birmingham, B23 5XR
Received 9 Sept 2025254 Court Lane, Birmingham, B23 5RH
Received 9 Sept 202540 Churchill Road, Birmingham, B73 6SW
Received 8 Sept 202524 Goldieslie Road, Birmingham, B73 5PQ
Received 9 Sept 202598 Oxford Road, Birmingham, B13 9SQ
Received 9 Sept 2025334 - 340 High Street, Birmingham, B17 9PU
Received 9 Sept 2025Birmingham New Street Railway Station, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, B2 4QE
Received 9 Sept 2025Street Record, Adderley Street, Birmingham
Received 9 Sept 202556 Parkes Avenue, Birmingham, B12 9AW
Received 9 Sept 2025257 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 9NA
Received 9 Sept 202586 Brooklands Road, Birmingham, B28 8JZ
Received 9 Sept 202510 Wheeleys Road, Birmingham, B15 2LD
Received 9 Sept 202558 - 59 Cheapside, Birmingham, B12 0PG
Received 12 Sept 202528 Sampson Road, Birmingham, B11 1JL
Received 16 Sept 2025432 Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B33 8PN
Received 16 Sept 202525 Weoley Park Road, Birmingham, B29 6QY
Received 16 Sept 20254 Arthur Road, Birmingham, B15 2UL
Received 14 Sept 2025101 Grestone Avenue, Birmingham, B20 1ND
Received 12 Sept 2025Yardleys School, Reddings Lane, Birmingham, B11 3EY
Received 12 Sept 202511 Denewood Avenue, Birmingham, B20 2AB
Received 11 Sept 2025169 Queslett Road, Birmingham, B43 6DS
Received 12 Sept 2025123 Anderton Park Road, Birmingham, B13 9DQ
Received 12 Sept 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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