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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4,222 approved · 493 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Rodborough Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EB
Received 28 Feb 20245 West Mall Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5TN
Received 28 Feb 2024Cherrytrees Windmill Lane Dorridge Solihull B94 6PT
Received 29 Feb 2024Cherrytrees Windmill Lane Dorridge Solihull B94 6PT
Received 29 Feb 2024112 Ladbrook Road Solihull B91 3RW
Received 29 Feb 20249 Mallards Reach Olton Solihull B92 7BX
Received 26 Feb 2024The Oaks 1 Hollyberry End Farm Harvest Hill Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7HW
Received 29 Feb 202453A Damson Lane Solihull B92 9JR
Received 26 Feb 2024The Shrublands Farmhouse Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JU
Received 29 Feb 202426 Alveston Grove Knowle Solihull B93 9NX
Received 27 Feb 2024Wad Barn Berkswell Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7LB
Received 27 Feb 20245 Clarewell Avenue Hillfield Solihull B91 3YD
Received 29 Feb 202455 Naseby Road Solihull B91 2DR
Received 27 Feb 2024228 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1HF
Received 1 Mar 2024191 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PG
Received 28 Feb 20246 Grantley Drive Fordbridge Solihull B37 5LW
Received 1 Mar 202441 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PB
Received 2 Mar 20249 Arnold Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JP
Received 2 Mar 202447 Fentham Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AY
Received 2 Mar 2024946 Warwick Road Solihull B91 3HW
Received 27 Feb 2024Land At Bakers Lane Dorridge Solihull
Received 21 Feb 202440 - 50 Whitchurch Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1PB
Received 29 Feb 202447 Highwood Avenue Olton Solihull B92 8QY
Received 27 Feb 202416 Ulverley Green Road Olton Solihull B92 8BQ
Received 1 Mar 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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