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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.
7,818 approved · 1,939 refused · 576 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 2023 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 High Street, Birmingham, B17 9NT
Received 28 Apr 20266 Charlotte Road, Birmingham, B15 2NQ
Received 28 Apr 2026Street Record, Green Street, Birmingham
Received 28 Apr 202635 Gleneagles Drive, Birmingham, B75 6UN
Received 28 Apr 202641 Heeley Road, Birmingham, B29 6DP
Received 28 Apr 2026Street Record, Sampson Road North, Birmingham
Received 27 Apr 2026Aston Villa Football Club, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Received 28 Apr 202678 Homelea Road, Birmingham, B25 8TE
Received 28 Apr 202646 Patrick Road, Birmingham, B26 1SS
Received 28 Apr 202619 Bennett Road, Birmingham, B74 4TJ
Received 28 Apr 202671 Parliament Street, Birmingham, B6 4TH
Received 29 Apr 202683 Stechford Lane, Birmingham, B8 2AP
Received 27 Apr 2026Selly Oak Trust School, Oak Tree Lane, Birmingham, B29 6HZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Street Record, Cartland Road, Birmingham
Received 29 Apr 2026Street Record, St Marys Row, Birmingham
Received 29 Apr 202637 Prospect Road, Birmingham, B13 9TB
Received 29 Apr 202621 - 22 Calthorpe Road, Birmingham, B15 1RP
Received 29 Apr 2026140 Icknield Port Road, Birmingham, B16 0BJ
Received 29 Apr 2026399 Lichfield Road, Birmingham, B6 7SS
Received 29 Apr 2026Street Record, Bordesley Street, Birmingham
Received 28 Apr 20269 Rosebery Street, Birmingham, B18 7PB
Received 29 Apr 2026Comet Works, 44 - 47 Princip Street, Birmingham, B4 6NS
Received 29 Apr 2026Block H And K, Vantage Way, Birmingham, B24 9GZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Baskerville School, Fellows Lane, Birmingham, B17 9TS
Received 29 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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