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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5,816 approved · 1,389 refused · 424 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 St Annes Close, Birmingham, B20 1BS
Received 1 Dec 2025443 Stratford Road, Birmingham, B11 4LB
Received 1 Dec 20257 Betley Grove, Birmingham, B33 9NQ
Received 1 Dec 20252A Hollyfield Road, Birmingham, B75 7SG
Received 1 Dec 202517 Fairholme Road, Birmingham, B36 8HN
Received 1 Dec 2025New Hall Hotel, Walmley Road, Birmingham, B76 1QX
Received 1 Dec 2025118 Springfield Road, Birmingham, B14 7DY
Received 1 Dec 2025272 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1UB
Received 1 Dec 202547A Romilly Avenue, Birmingham, B20 2AT
Received 1 Dec 202591 Overton Close, Birmingham, B28 9NA
Received 1 Dec 202532 Avebury Road, Birmingham, B30 2UN
Received 1 Dec 202532 Avebury Road, Birmingham, B30 2UN
Received 1 Dec 2025Street Record, Wiggin Street, Birmingham
Received 2 Dec 202549 Amiss Gardens, Birmingham, B10 0BE
Received 28 Nov 2025134 Haunch Lane, Birmingham, B13 0PY
Received 28 Nov 202512 Ash Road, Birmingham, B8 1DJ
Received 28 Nov 2025128 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4DB
Received 1 Dec 2025Street Record, Lionel Street, Birmingham
Received 2 Dec 202543 Greenfield Road, Birmingham, B17 0EP
Received 2 Dec 2025Northfield Shopping Centre, Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2JU
Received 2 Dec 2025Manor House, 40 Moat Lane, Birmingham, B5 5BD
Received 2 Dec 202576 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1SF
Received 26 Nov 202543 Gravelly Lane, Birmingham, B23 6UJ
Received 26 Nov 202512 Rowcroft Covert, Birmingham, B14 5YE
Received 26 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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