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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.
7,358 approved · 1,812 refused · 530 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Dec 2023 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
161 Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5EP
Received 9 Apr 2026351 Yardley Green Road, Birmingham, B9 5JD
Received 9 Apr 2026Street Record, Wilberforce Way, Birmingham
Received 9 Apr 20262104 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B26 3JQ
Received 9 Apr 2026Oscott Manor School, Old Oscott Hill, Birmingham, B44 9SP
Received 9 Apr 202611 Hartley Grove, Birmingham, B44 0RB
Received 9 Apr 202614 Hollyhurst Grove, Birmingham, B26 1AR
Received 8 Apr 20262 Willson Croft, Birmingham, B28 0SS
Received 2 Apr 20267 Betley Grove, Birmingham, B33 9NQ
Received 9 Apr 202668 Reddicap Hill, Birmingham, B75 7BG
Received 10 Apr 202631 Trevanie Avenue, Birmingham, B32 1EU
Received 10 Apr 202670 Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9BH
Received 10 Apr 202610 Yew Tree Road, Birmingham, B15 2LX
Received 10 Apr 202651 Hamstead Hall Avenue, Birmingham, B20 1HA
Received 10 Apr 202628 Augustus Road, Birmingham, B15 3PQ
Received 10 Apr 202627 Westover Road, Birmingham, B20 1JD
Received 10 Apr 2026Lodge, 1 Pritchatts Road, Birmingham, B15 2SB
Received 2 Apr 2026128 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4DB
Received 2 Apr 202622 Knighton Road, Birmingham, B74 4NX
Received 3 Apr 202632 Hermitage Drive, Birmingham, B76 2XE
Received 3 Apr 202649 Dovey Road, Birmingham, B13 9NT
Received 3 Apr 2026383 Rubery Lane, Birmingham, B45 9AY
Received 3 Apr 202669 Moat Lane, Birmingham, B26 1TN
Received 3 Apr 2026Beaufort School, Stechford Road, Birmingham, B34 6BJ
Received 3 Apr 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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