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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.
5,899 approved · 1,409 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112 Coneyford Road, Birmingham, B34 7AX
Received 22 Jan 202630 Wellfield Road, Birmingham, B28 9NE
Received 22 Jan 202651 Menin Road, Birmingham, B13 0TU
Received 21 Jan 202632 - 34 Alcester Road South, Birmingham, B14 7PU
Received 22 Jan 202635 St Pauls Square, Birmingham, B3 1QX
Received 22 Jan 2026186 Dawlish Road, Birmingham, B29 7AR
Received 22 Jan 2026138 Goosemoor Lane, Birmingham, B23 5QD
Received 22 Jan 2026Aston Tavern, 10 Aston Hall Road, Birmingham, B6 7FF
Received 23 Jan 20261 Waddington Avenue Great Barr Birmingham B43 5JF
Received 22 Jan 2026Street Record, Bristol Road South, Birmingham
Received 23 Jan 2026Street Record, Bolton Street, Birmingham
Received 23 Jan 2026247 Dawlish Road, Birmingham, B29 7AS
Received 23 Jan 2026268 Tiverton Road, Birmingham, B29 6BY
Received 23 Jan 202640 Rupert Street, Birmingham, B7 4PS
Received 23 Jan 202697 Heath Croft Road, Birmingham, B75 6NJ
Received 23 Jan 202646 Salisbury Road, Birmingham, B13 8JT
Received 23 Jan 2026Street Record, Wiggins Hill Road, Birmingham
Received 26 Jan 20261 Mary Ann Street, Birmingham, B3 1RL
Received 23 Jan 202651 Clarence Road, Birmingham, B74 4AQ
Received 23 Jan 202629 Harbury Road, Birmingham, B12 9NG
Received 23 Jan 20261715 Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B45 9PE
Received 23 Jan 2026Beacon Evangelical Church, 47 Sandwell Road, Birmingham, B21 8NH
Received 26 Jan 2026Street Record, Legging Road, Birmingham
Received 26 Jan 2026Street Record, Coventry Road, Birmingham
Received 26 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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