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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 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,222 approved · 493 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 Yoxall Road Shirley Solihull B90 3RP
Received 5 Feb 202437 Westfield Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8DY
Received 5 Feb 202444A Castle Lane Olton Solihull B92 8DD
Received 5 Feb 2024Land Rear Of 86 Meriden Road Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 5 Feb 202438 Marlbrook Close Elmdon Solihull B92 8LP
Received 5 Feb 2024Former Middlewood House Larch Croft Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 7UR
Received 1 Feb 2024Yarningdale Harwood Grove Shirley Solihull B90 4AN
Received 6 Feb 2024Unit 2 Parkgate Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3GG
Received 6 Feb 2024Heath Farm 26 Henwood Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TH
Received 5 Feb 2024Heath Farm 26 Henwood Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TH
Received 5 Feb 202425 Foxes Way Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7QU
Received 6 Feb 20249 Chelthorn Way Hillfield Solihull B91 3FW
Received 5 Feb 2024The Green Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4LA
Received 6 Feb 2024109 Loxley Avenue Shirley Solihull B90 2QS
Received 6 Feb 2024183 Buryfield Road Solihull B91 2BB
Received 6 Feb 2024Land At Plot 51 Blossomfield Road Solihull
Received 6 Feb 202466 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL
Received 7 Feb 20247 Bronte Close Shirley Solihull B90 3DR
Received 5 Feb 20242 Wynbrook Grove Monkspath Solihull B90 4LY
Received 5 Feb 2024Mercote Hall Lane (Byway M218), East Of A452 Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common
Received 2 Feb 20244 Brueton Avenue Solihull B91 3EN
Received 7 Feb 2024109 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1PH
Received 7 Feb 2024Langley Primary School St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DJ
Received 7 Feb 2024Land To R/o 33 Castlehills Drive Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9BP
Received 7 Feb 2024Records 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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