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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.
7,990 approved · 1,988 refused · 600 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street Record, Chester Road, Birmingham
Received 14 May 202617 Woodfield Road, Birmingham, B13 9UL
Received 13 May 202654 Warren Hill Road, Birmingham, B44 8EX
Received 14 May 202639A Vineyard Road, Birmingham, B31 1PG
Received 14 May 2026140 Raddlebarn Road, Birmingham, B29 6HQ
Received 14 May 2026131 Lyttelton Road, Birmingham, B33 8BN
Received 13 May 202685 Oakfield Road, Birmingham, B29 7HL
Received 1 May 2026140 Raddlebarn Road, Birmingham, B29 6HQ
Received 13 May 20261421 Stratford Road, Birmingham, B28 9HS
Received 6 May 2026Nelson Primary School, King Edwards Road, Birmingham, B1 2PJ
Received 13 May 2026Yew Tree Retail Park, Stoney Lane, Birmingham, B25 8RE
Received 13 May 2026159 Reservoir Road, Birmingham, B29 6SX
Received 5 May 202612 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JR
Received 15 May 202672 Harrow Road, Birmingham, B29 7DW
Received 15 May 202678 - 84 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AB
Received 15 May 202637 Carless Avenue, Birmingham, B17 9BN
Received 15 May 2026105 Park Hill Road, Birmingham, B17 9HH
Received 15 May 2026290 Camden Street, Birmingham, B18 7PW
Received 15 May 2026121 Hill Village Road, Birmingham, B75 5HU
Received 15 May 20269 Malvern Drive, Birmingham, B76 1PZ
Received 7 May 2026144 Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1UD
Received 7 May 2026545 Fox Hollies Road, B28 8RL
Received 12 May 202611 Lloyd Road, Birmingham, B20 2ND
Received 13 May 202629 Grosvenor Road, Birmingham, B17 9AL
Received 15 May 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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