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.
4,222 approved · 493 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Ufton Close Shirley Solihull B90 3SB
Received 27 Feb 202427 Queen Eleanors Drive Knowle Solihull B93 9LY
Received 23 Feb 2024403 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1BJ
Received 4 Mar 20244 Vicarage Road Dorridge Solihull B94 6PS
Received 11 Mar 202453 Station Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7AB
Received 11 Mar 202437 Lady Byron Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9AT
Received 11 Mar 202496 Grange Road Olton Solihull B91 1DA
Received 12 Mar 202437 Danford Lane Solihull B91 1QD
Received 12 Mar 2024L Bs Cutz 159A Bosworth Drive Fordbridge Solihull B37 5BT
Received 12 Mar 202419 Seven Star Road Solihull B91 2BZ
Received 12 Mar 202412 Gilberry Close Knowle Solihull B93 9JZ
Received 12 Mar 202490 Needlers End Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AB
Received 13 Mar 2024120 Yoxall Road Shirley Solihull B90 3RW
Received 7 Mar 2024137 Silver Birch Road Kingshurst Solihull B37 6AT
Received 12 Mar 202452 Colebrook Road Shirley Solihull B90 2LD
Received 13 Mar 202416 Jeremy Grove Elmdon Solihull B92 8JH
Received 13 Mar 202430 Purnells Way Knowle Solihull B93 9JP
Received 13 Mar 2024Elm Farm Meer End Road Meer End Solihull CV8 1PW
Received 13 Mar 2024Land Rear Of 86 Meriden Road Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 13 Mar 2024Slug And Lettuce 22 Jubilee Walk Touchwood Solihull B91 3HT
Received 13 Mar 2024109 Lode Lane Solihull B91 2HH
Received 13 Mar 2024Ivy Nook Showell Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7JJ
Received 14 Mar 2024Esso Marston Green Filling Station 53 Station Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7AB
Received 14 Mar 20241 Laurel Court Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1UN
Received 15 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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