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4,208 approved · 489 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Oakland Close Solihull B91 2QB
Received 15 Dec 20237 Balmoral Road Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0JS
Received 15 Dec 20237 Balmoral Road Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0JS
Received 15 Dec 202353 Landor Road Knowle Solihull B93 9JA
Received 18 Dec 2023108 Ulverley Green Road Olton Solihull B92 8AJ
Received 14 Dec 202379 Bryanston Road Olton Solihull B91 1BS
Received 19 Dec 2023Forge House Table Oak Lane Meer End Solihull CV8 1PZ
Received 19 Dec 2023De Vere Village Hotel Dog Kennel Lane Shirley Solihull B90 4JG
Received 19 Dec 2023Home Farm Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AB
Received 20 Dec 2023Barn Barretts Lane Farm Barretts Lane Balsall Common Solihull
Received 21 Dec 2023Barn Barretts Lane Farm Barretts Lane Balsall Common Solihull
Received 21 Dec 202317 Temple Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LE
Received 20 Dec 202366 Saxon Wood Road Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JN
Received 22 Dec 2023136 Shalford Road Solihull B92 7NG
Received 20 Dec 202336 Beechwood Park Road Olton Solihull B91 1ES
Received 22 Dec 2023Top Lodge Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FB
Received 22 Dec 2023Carol Lodge Truggist Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BX
Received 22 Dec 202322 Snowford Close Shirley Solihull B90 1DA
Received 22 Dec 202334C Danford Lane Solihull B91 1QH
Received 22 Dec 20231 Monwood Grove Solihull B91 1PB
Received 22 Dec 2023Woodfield Farm Norton Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5LS
Received 22 Dec 2023338 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3DN
Received 22 Dec 2023583 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8LT
Received 28 Dec 2023107 Grange Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8QX
Received 28 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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