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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.
6,017 approved · 1,426 refused · 446 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Homewood Close, Birmingham, B76 1JW
Received 16 Feb 20269 Bounds Grove, Birmingham, B27 7JL
Received 16 Feb 2026192 Dawlish Road, Birmingham, B29 7AR
Received 16 Feb 202664 Shutlock Lane, Birmingham, B13 8NZ
Received 16 Feb 202635 Jervis Crescent, Birmingham, B74 4PN
Received 16 Feb 2026109 Denville Crescent, Birmingham, B9 5TS
Received 16 Feb 2026234 Rotton Park Road, Birmingham
Received 16 Feb 202660 Highfield Road, Birmingham, B28 0HW
Received 17 Feb 202635 Selwyn Road, Birmingham, B16 0SJ
Received 16 Feb 202610 Ward End Hall Grove, Birmingham, B8 2DN
Received 13 Feb 202636 Edward Road, Birmingham, B12 9LR
Received 13 Feb 202615 Woodville Road, Birmingham, B17 9AS
Received 17 Feb 202664 Sandringham Road, Birmingham, B42 1PH
Received 13 Feb 202623 Beacon Road, Birmingham, B44 9RL
Received 13 Feb 20263 Millbrook Road, Birmingham, B14 6SE
Received 17 Feb 2026Kings Heath Primary School, Valentine Road, Birmingham, B14 7AJ
Received 17 Feb 2026Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 17 Feb 202626 Peel Street, Birmingham, B18 7DT
Received 17 Feb 2026Sainsburys, 75 Chester Road, Birmingham, B73 5BA
Received 17 Feb 202615 Farmstead Close, Birmingham, B75 5UG
Received 17 Feb 2026The Axis, Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TF
Received 17 Feb 2026The Axis, Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TF
Received 17 Feb 202631 Dartmouth Road, Birmingham, B29 6DR
Received 17 Feb 2026100 Somerset Road, Birmingham, B15 2PP
Received 17 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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