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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.
5,896 approved · 1,407 refused · 432 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
135 Winson Green Road, Birmingham, B18 4AW
Received 27 Jan 202626 Hawthorne Road, Birmingham, B30 1EE
Received 27 Jan 202618 Kestrel Avenue, Birmingham, B25 8QU
Received 27 Jan 202628 Rawlins Croft, Birmingham, B35 7NN
Received 27 Jan 20267A Weston Lane, Birmingham, B11 3RP
Received 27 Jan 202684 Fitz Roy Avenue, Birmingham, B17 8RQ
Received 27 Jan 20269 Endmoor Grove, Birmingham, B23 5DT
Received 27 Jan 202656 Serpentine Road, Birmingham, B17 9RE
Received 27 Jan 202629 Berwood Farm Road, Birmingham, B72 1AG
Received 27 Jan 202672 Court Oak Road, Birmingham, B17 9TN
Received 27 Jan 2026296 - 298 Warren Farm Road, Birmingham, B44 0AD
Received 27 Jan 2026Street Record, Wiggin Street, Birmingham
Received 27 Jan 2026401A Warwick Road, Birmingham, B11 2LS
Received 27 Jan 2026109 Hamstead Hall Avenue, Birmingham, B20 1JU
Received 27 Jan 2026124 Petersfield Road, Birmingham, B28 0BD
Received 27 Jan 202630 Grove Hill Road, Birmingham, B21 9PA
Received 27 Jan 202673 Broughton Crescent, Birmingham, B31 2SZ
Received 27 Jan 2026100 Grosvenor Road, Birmingham, B20 3NS
Received 27 Jan 2026128 Milverton Road, Birmingham, B23 6EY
Received 27 Jan 2026Jira House, 20 Stamford Road, Birmingham, B20 3PJ
Received 28 Jan 202632 Masham Close, Birmingham, B33 8DY
Received 26 Jan 202610 Penley Grove, Birmingham, B8 2BJ
Received 25 Jan 202614 Gorsy Road, Birmingham, B32 2SH
Received 23 Jan 202622 Hidson Road, Birmingham, B23 7DY
Received 22 Jan 2026Records 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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