Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,208 approved · 489 refused · 125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 & 2 Thimble Lane High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LY
Received 21 Nov 202387 Lyndon Road Solihull B92 7RF
Received 14 Nov 2023Carol Lodge Truggist Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BX
Received 22 Nov 202327 Chalgrove Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3GG
Received 24 Nov 202322 Grenville Road Shirley Solihull B90 2DE
Received 25 Nov 202355 Castle Lane Olton Solihull B92 8DE
Received 27 Nov 202352 Avenue Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8JZ
Received 23 Nov 2023130 Tythe Barn Lane Shirley Solihull B90 1PF
Received 22 Nov 202318 Birch Tree Grove Solihull B91 1HD
Received 29 Nov 202318 Lady Byron Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9AU
Received 30 Nov 2023Oakhurst Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull B92 0LW
Received 24 Nov 20235 Farm Close Elmdon Solihull B92 9ES
Received 8 Sept 2023The Old Stables Packwood Road Dorridge Solihull B94 6EJ
Received 4 Dec 20234 Lyndon Road Solihull B92 7RD
Received 4 Dec 2023Car Park Of The Damson Stockwell Rise Solihull B92 9NG
Received 5 Dec 202369 Silhill Hall Road Solihull B91 1JT
Received 5 Dec 202325 Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0JB
Received 11 Dec 20231 Farm Close Elmdon Solihull B92 9ES
Received 11 Dec 2023171 - 175 Warwick Road Olton Solihull B92 7AW
Received 12 Dec 20239 Palefield Road Monkspath Solihull B90 4TN
Received 13 Dec 2023Manor Park Farm Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0ED
Received 13 Dec 202324 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BB
Received 13 Dec 2023Solihull Golf Club Saintbury Drive Solihull B91 3SZ
Received 13 Dec 20235 & 7 Dunsmore Grove Olton Solihull B91 1BH
Received 13 Dec 2023Records 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 Solihull Metropolitan Borough 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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