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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.
5,816 approved · 1,389 refused · 424 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112A Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8EF
Received 14 Nov 202514 Handsworth New Road, Birmingham, B18 4PG
Received 19 Nov 20251372 Stratford Road, Birmingham, B28 9EH
Received 19 Nov 2025Stechford Retail Park, Flaxley Parkway, Birmingham, B33 9AN
Received 19 Nov 202516 Claines Road, Birmingham, B31 2EE
Received 19 Nov 2025109A Villa Road, Birmingham, B19 1NH
Received 19 Nov 2025West Heath Hospital, Rednal Road, Birmingham, B38 8HR
Received 19 Nov 202542 - 48 High Street, Birmingham, B4 7SL
Received 24 Oct 2025159 Albert Road, Birmingham, B33 8UB
Received 19 Nov 2025Street Record, Birmingham Road, Birmingham
Received 20 Nov 2025Street Record, Wiggin Street, Birmingham
Received 19 Nov 2025Saltley Industrial Centre, Adderley Road, Birmingham, B8 1AW
Received 19 Nov 2025Saltley Industrial Centre, Adderley Road, Birmingham, B8 1AW
Received 19 Nov 202510 Suncroft, Birmingham, B32 1RR
Received 19 Nov 202550 Eastwood Road, Birmingham, B12 9NB
Received 18 Nov 202510 Brandwood Grove, Birmingham, B14 6BU
Received 19 Nov 20251 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7AR
Received 20 Nov 2025164 White Road, Birmingham, B32 2SY
Received 20 Nov 20251 Park Drive, Birmingham, B74 2YA
Received 20 Nov 202574 Wiggin Street, Birmingham, B16 0AH
Received 20 Nov 2025127 Dyas Avenue, Birmingham, B42 1HJ
Received 20 Nov 2025Bagot Arms, Eachelhurst Road, Birmingham, B24 0QL
Received 20 Nov 2025City Health Campus, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QU
Received 20 Nov 202520 Elm Road, Birmingham, B30 2AY
Received 20 Nov 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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