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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.
7,664 approved · 1,900 refused · 554 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Boldmere Road, Birmingham, B73 5UY
Received 21 Apr 202630 New John Street West, Birmingham, B19 3NB
Received 21 Apr 20262 Coleshill Road, Birmingham, B36 8AA
Received 21 Apr 2026614 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1EZ
Received 21 Apr 2026Toby Carvery Quinton And Innkeepers Lodge, 563 Hagley Road West, Birmingham, B32 1HP
Received 21 Apr 20261159 Chester Road, Birmingham, B24 0QY
Received 21 Apr 202686 College Road, Birmingham, B44 8DA
Received 21 Apr 20261750 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B26 1PB
Received 21 Apr 2026Tesco Petrol Filling Station, Camden Street, Birmingham, B18 7PH
Received 21 Apr 202696 - 98 Hawthorn Road, Birmingham, B44 8QP
Received 21 Apr 2026590 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B10 0US
Received 21 Apr 202689 Lozells Road, Birmingham, B19 2TR
Received 21 Apr 2026Temple Row House, 25 - 45 Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9SL
Received 21 Apr 202694 Weoley Castle Road, Birmingham, B29 5PT
Received 21 Apr 2026724 Chester Road, Birmingham, B24 0EA
Received 21 Apr 2026The Drum, Potters Lane, Birmingham, B6 4UU
Received 21 Apr 2026157 Station Road, Birmingham, B33 8BA
Received 21 Apr 2026205 Birchfield Road, Birmingham, B19 1LL
Received 21 Apr 202674 East Meadway, Birmingham, B33 0AP
Received 21 Apr 20261690 Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B45 9TZ
Received 21 Apr 2026225 Sandwell Road, Birmingham, B21 8PD
Received 21 Apr 2026941 - 943 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1TN
Received 21 Apr 202657 New Church Road, Birmingham, B73 5RP
Received 21 Apr 2026Street Record, Franklin Road, Birmingham
Received 21 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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