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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.
5,905 approved · 1,409 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Park Road, Birmingham, B11 4HB
Received 26 Jan 2026Aston Tavern, 10 Aston Hall Road, Birmingham, B6 7FF
Received 23 Jan 2026184 Clarence Road, Birmingham, B74 4LD
Received 26 Jan 202646 Grange Road, Birmingham, B14 7RJ
Received 26 Jan 202662 - 64 Prince Of Wales Lane, Birmingham, B14 4JY
Received 26 Jan 2026124 Coles Lane, Birmingham, B72 1NP
Received 26 Jan 202644 Brushfield Road, Birmingham, B42 2QJ
Received 26 Jan 2026Street Record, Wiggin Street, Birmingham
Received 26 Jan 2026Police Station, 53 Rose Road, Birmingham, B17 9LL
Received 23 Jan 202676 The Greenway, Birmingham, B73 6SG
Received 26 Jan 202624 Manningford Road, Birmingham, B14 5LN
Received 26 Jan 2026362 Rectory Road, Birmingham, B75 7PD
Received 26 Jan 2026Street Record, Mary Vale Road, Birmingham
Received 26 Jan 202624 Overton Grove, Birmingham, B27 7LP
Received 26 Jan 2026Odeon Theatre, 139 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4NU
Received 23 Jan 2026Windyridge, Worcester Lane, Birmingham, B75 5QS
Received 29 Jan 202664 Cliveden Avenue, Birmingham, B42 1SL
Received 28 Jan 20261079 Stratford Road, Birmingham, B28 8AU
Received 29 Jan 2026Knights House, 2 Parade, Birmingham, B72 1QB
Received 29 Jan 2026Gallery Cottage, 106 Church Road, Birmingham, B13 9AB
Received 29 Jan 2026Whirlwind Service Station, New Coventry Road, Birmingham, B26 3HL
Received 29 Jan 2026345 Court Oak Road, Birmingham, B32 2DX
Received 29 Jan 202616 West Mead Drive, Birmingham, B14 6DX
Received 29 Jan 2026Greenside, 12B Moor Hall Drive, Birmingham, B75 6LP
Received 29 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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