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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
Birmingham City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Birmingham City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,758Searchable applications
203Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 8,579 approved or refused records
1,680Refused applications
6,899 approved · 1,680 refused · 508 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jan 2024 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and developmentContact planning Contact us by postLocal plan Local plan documentsPre-application advice Pre-application advice and Planning Performance AgreementsArticle 4 directions City-Wide Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningstrategy@birmingham.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.Breaches@birmingham.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.Registration@birmingham.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas29 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas13 mapped area records2 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided: APPROVE2026/01440/PA
Application for a Non Material Amendment to planning permission 2023/08250/PA for changes to House Type A (Plots 3 and 5)comprising updating the approved house type from a two-bedroom dwelling to a three-bedroom dwelling; and introduction of a new first-floor window in the side gable elevation.
46 Broad Road, Birmingham, B27 7XB
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE2026/01441/PA
Application to determine the details for condition number (6- Submission and approval of external materials 8- Submission of boundary treatment details) attached to reference number 2025/02262/PA
Street Record, Bristol Road South, Birmingham
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: SECTION 191 / 192 PERMISSION NOT REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE ISSUED)2026/01442/PA
Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing use as 7-bed HMO (Sui-Generis) in excess of 10 years
19 Croydon Road, Birmingham, B29 7BP
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01443/PA
Installation of footway crossing
365 Gospel Lane, Birmingham, B27 7AT
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01444/PA
Erection of single storey side infill extension, alterations to front elevation to include replacement windows and door and alterations to existing side extension to include new mono-pitched roof, roof lights and brick cladding
23 High Brow, Birmingham, B17 9EW
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE2026/01445/PA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 2023/08637/PA to amend the description of development to read 'Proposed amendments to service yard to allow for the creation of loading bay spaces, walkways and a ramp and sally port metal cage'
Street Record, Wiggins Hill Road, Birmingham
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01446/PA
Erection of two storey side extension, porch to front and detached outbuilding to rear
5 Springfield Road, Birmingham, B76 2SJ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Under Assessment2026/01447/PA
Erection of single storey side and first floor side extensions. Garage and loft conversion, installation of bay windows to the front and side elevations and erection of boundary fencing to all sides
The Oaks, Signal Hayes Road, Birmingham, B76 2RR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01448/PA
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
12 Nadin Road, Birmingham, B73 5RH
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE2026/01449/PA
Application to determine the details for condition number 22. (contamination remediation scheme building 1) 42. (contamination remediation scheme building 2) 62. (contamination remediation scheme building 3) 82. (Contamination Remediation Scheme building 4) and 102. (contamination remediation scheme building 5) attached to planning application reference 2024/06104/PA.
The Axis, Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TF
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01450/PA
Retrospective application for detached outbuilding to rear
108 Millington Road, Birmingham, B36 8BW
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01451/PA
Retrospective application for a change of use from 6 bedroom HMO to 7 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis), retention of ground and second-floor rear extensions and front dormer.
121 Heeley Road, Birmingham, B29 6EJ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01452/PA
Erection of single storey forward extension
61 Wellman Croft, Birmingham, B29 6NR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Under Assessment2026/01453/PA
Change of use of ground floor from office (Use Class E) to form an additional self-contained flat (Use Class C3) with associated bins and bicycle storage
95 Oakfield Road, Birmingham, B12 9PY
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Under Assessment2026/01454/PA
Erection of single storey rear extension
21 Tanfield Road, Birmingham, B33 9ER
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01456/PA
Erection of two storey side and rear extension and porch to front
6 Brockhurst Drive, Birmingham, B28 0YD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE TEMPORARY2026/01458/PA
Display of 1.no illuminated fascia sign 1.no projecting sign
Village Carpets, 109 Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8DD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: REFUSE2026/01459/PA
Erection of detached outbuilding to rear
174 Clements Road, Birmingham, B25 8TS
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01460/PA
Erection of single storey front extension and part two storey part first floor side extenson.
121 Gossey Lane, Birmingham, B33 0DU
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Appeal Decided2026/01461/PA
Erection of single storey side extension
16 Ashdale Drive, Birmingham, B14 4TU
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE2026/01462/PA
Application for partial determination of condition number (13 materials and architectural specifications) - relating to windows, masonary and cladding only - attached to consent 2023/03081/PA
Street Record, Camp Hill, Birmingham
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Under Assessment2026/01463/PA
Erection of fencing and gates
Kensington House, 136 Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1LN
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01466/PA
Erection of floor side and rear extension.
127 School Road, Birmingham, B28 8JF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS2026/01467/PA
Erection of single storey side garage extension
14 Reay Nadin Drive, Birmingham, B73 6UR
Received 20 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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