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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.
5,982 approved · 1,422 refused · 442 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
278 Burbury Street, Birmingham, B19 1TP
Received 10 Feb 202695 Newlands Road, Birmingham, B30 2SA
Received 10 Feb 202628 Poplar Avenue, Birmingham, B17 8ES
Received 10 Feb 2026205 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B5 7PF
Received 10 Feb 202615 Ampton Road, Birmingham, B15 2UJ
Received 10 Feb 202648 Stirling Road, Birmingham, B73 6PS
Received 10 Feb 202619 Carless Avenue, Birmingham, B17 9BN
Received 10 Feb 202682 Hollie Lucas Road, Birmingham, B13 0QN
Received 10 Feb 2026419 Ridgacre Road, Birmingham, B32 1QJ
Received 10 Feb 2026205 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B5 7PF
Received 10 Feb 202634 Cottage Lane, Birmingham, B76 9AW
Received 10 Feb 202695 Downsfield Road, Birmingham, B26 2TU
Received 10 Feb 202632 Westfield Road, Birmingham, B15 3QG
Received 10 Feb 202631 Ferndale Road, Birmingham, B28 9AU
Received 10 Feb 20265 Stonehouse Grove, Birmingham, B32 3AA
Received 10 Feb 20262 Ilsham Grove, Birmingham, B31 4NS
Received 10 Feb 2026Ivy Cottage, Whitehouse Common Road, Birmingham, B75 6EH
Received 10 Feb 2026236 Stoney Lane, Birmingham, B25 8XY
Received 11 Feb 202655 Kilburn Road, Birmingham, B44 9JL
Received 9 Feb 2026917 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 2LX
Received 9 Feb 202611 Verbena Gardens, Birmingham, B7 4PZ
Received 11 Feb 202692 Central Avenue, Birmingham, B31 4JQ
Received 9 Feb 202643 Braymoor Road, Birmingham, B33 0LR
Received 9 Feb 202629 Este Road, Birmingham, B26 2ET
Received 4 Feb 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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