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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.
5,792 approved · 1,384 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
14 Phipson Road, Birmingham, B11 4JH
Received 4 Nov 202523 Bexley Road, Birmingham, B44 0AE
Received 3 Nov 2025283A Tiverton Road, Birmingham, B29 6DA
Received 3 Nov 202524 Garretts Green Lane, Birmingham, B26 2HP
Received 2 Nov 202524 Overton Grove, Birmingham, B27 7LP
Received 30 Oct 2025153 Turfpits Lane, Birmingham, B23 5EA
Received 30 Oct 2025Unit 4a, Ace Business Park Mackadown Lane, Birmingham, B33 0LD
Received 30 Oct 202579 Partridge Road, Birmingham, B26 2DD
Received 30 Oct 202595A Metchley Lane, Birmingham, B17 0JB
Received 29 Sept 202526 Clent View Road, Birmingham, B32 4LN
Received 2 Oct 2025125 Aylesford Road, Birmingham, B21 8DG
Received 2 Oct 2025137 Stuarts Road, Birmingham, B33 8UP
Received 29 Oct 20252 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B74 4QJ
Received 29 Oct 202510 Pentridge Close, Birmingham, B76 1EB
Received 29 Oct 20255 The Limes, Birmingham, B16 0AY
Received 29 Oct 2025148 Weoley Park Road, Birmingham, B29 5HA
Received 29 Oct 202580 Botha Road, Birmingham, B9 5LT
Received 29 Oct 202547 Robin Hood Lane, Birmingham, B28 0LJ
Received 28 Oct 2025211 Pool Farm Road, Birmingham, B27 7EY
Received 28 Oct 20258 Scarsdale Road, Birmingham, B42 2JW
Received 28 Oct 20258 Rodborough Road, Birmingham, B26 2QB
Received 28 Oct 202575 Chipperfield Road, Birmingham, B36 8BY
Received 28 Oct 202552 Selborne Road, Birmingham, B20 2DW
Received 19 Aug 202529 Cottage Lane, Birmingham, B76 9AW
Received 23 Oct 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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