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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.
6,028 approved · 1,433 refused · 448 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
E E F, 16 Frederick Road, Birmingham, B15 1JD
Received 23 Feb 2026176 Tamworth Road, Birmingham, B75 6DL
Received 23 Feb 202673 Quinton Road West, Birmingham, B32 2RE
Received 23 Feb 202612 Honeysuckle Close, Birmingham, B32 1RF
Received 23 Feb 2026Moseley Hall Hospital, Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8JL
Received 23 Feb 2026248 Stratford Road, Birmingham, B11 1AD
Received 24 Feb 202616 Pinewoods, Birmingham, B31 1XA
Received 23 Feb 20263 Streetly Drive, Birmingham, B74 4PY
Received 22 Feb 202650 Hartswell Drive, Birmingham, B13 0PE
Received 23 Feb 202643 Top Croft Road, Birmingham, B23 5PS
Received 22 Feb 202673 Yew Tree Lane, Birmingham, B26 1AP
Received 21 Feb 202655 Mardon Road, Birmingham, B26 3ER
Received 20 Feb 202625 Luton Road, Birmingham, B29 7BN
Received 20 Feb 202654 Hartfield Crescent, Birmingham, B27 7QL
Received 18 Feb 2026136 Chinn Brook Road, Birmingham, B13 0LZ
Received 21 Feb 2026377 Gospel Lane, Birmingham, B27 7AT
Received 19 Feb 202643 Hilderstone Road, Birmingham, B25 8LA
Received 20 Feb 20267 Newburn Croft, Birmingham, B32 1QU
Received 19 Feb 2026St Martins Church, Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, B5 5BB
Received 24 Feb 20263 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B2 4LP
Received 24 Feb 2026Street Record, Moor Street, Birmingham
Received 24 Feb 202622 George Road, Birmingham, B15 1PJ
Received 24 Feb 2026145 Wardend Road, Birmingham, B8 2QY
Received 24 Feb 202622 George Road, Birmingham, B15 1PJ
Received 24 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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