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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4,222 approved · 493 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 4 Mar 2024McDonalds Mcdonalds Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4EL
Received 4 Mar 202418 Ulverley Green Road Olton Solihull B92 8BQ
Received 1 Mar 202432 Woodlea Drive Solihull B91 1PG
Received 1 Mar 20248 Hall Farm Court Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AD
Received 1 Mar 2024Park Side Manor Gaydon Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9AR
Received 29 Feb 202419 Hidcote Grove Marston Green Solihull B37 7BE
Received 5 Mar 2024Land Rear Of 86 Meriden Road Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 28 Feb 2024Cheswick Green Primary School Cheswick Way Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4HG
Received 29 Feb 2024The Paddocks Walsal End Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0HU
Received 5 Mar 202411 Lyndon Road Solihull B92 7RE
Received 5 Mar 2024SAL Pension Fund Ltd 51 High Street Solihull B91 3SW
Received 5 Mar 2024SAL Pension Fund Ltd 51 High Street Solihull B91 3SW
Received 5 Mar 2024Land Between Marsh Lane And A452 Kenilworth Road, Intersecting The River Blythe Bypass Watercourse
Received 4 Mar 202411 Frankholmes Drive Monkspath Solihull B90 4XF
Received 4 Mar 202442 Clayton Drive Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0AN
Received 6 Mar 202498 Hanbury Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DL
Received 6 Mar 2024Giggling Squid St. Johns Close Knowle Solihull B93 0JU
Received 6 Mar 202492 Stonor Park Road Olton Solihull B91 1EQ
Received 6 Mar 202466 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EB
Received 6 Mar 2024160 Tilehouse Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1PW
Received 6 Mar 2024Spire Parkway Hospital 1 Damson Parkway Solihull B91 2PP
Received 6 Mar 2024Assets Intersect M42 Junction 7a/M6 Junction 4 And Coleshill Heath Road
Received 4 Mar 2024Touchstone 2 Pinewood Court Marston Green Solihull B37 7HG
Received 6 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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