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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.
5,791 approved · 1,384 refused · 422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
53 Swarthmore Road, Birmingham, B29 4NH
Received 15 Oct 2025344 Witton Lodge Road, Birmingham, B23 5LJ
Received 15 Oct 202548 Fitz Roy Avenue, Birmingham, B17 8RJ
Received 15 Oct 20251183 Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2SL
Received 17 Sept 2025116 Curbar Road, Birmingham, B42 2AX
Received 14 Oct 2025229 Tile Cross Road, Birmingham, B33 0NA
Received 14 Oct 2025Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 15 Oct 2025Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 15 Oct 202556 Barn Lane, Birmingham, B13 0SW
Received 15 Oct 202558 Floyer Road, Birmingham, B10 9PX
Received 15 Oct 2025109 Waldrons Moor, Birmingham, B14 6RT
Received 15 Oct 2025Victoria Law Courts, Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6QA
Received 15 Oct 2025360 Court Oak Road, Birmingham, B32 2DY
Received 21 Oct 202549 Bedford Drive, Birmingham, B75 6AX
Received 21 Oct 2025311 Fox Hollies Road, B27 7PS
Received 21 Oct 2025136 Rectory Road, Birmingham, B75 7RS
Received 21 Oct 2025205 Blackberry Lane, Birmingham, B74 4JJ
Received 21 Oct 202597 Penns Lane, Birmingham, B72 1BJ
Received 21 Oct 202531 Highfield Road, Birmingham, B13 9HL
Received 21 Oct 202535 Greswolde Road, Birmingham, B11 4DJ
Received 15 Oct 202535 Bellis Street, Birmingham, B16 9AA
Received 20 Oct 202578 Whitacre Road, Birmingham, B9 5NN
Received 20 Oct 2025390 - 392 Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 4HH
Received 20 Oct 2025276 Worlds End Lane, Birmingham, B32 2SN
Received 14 Aug 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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