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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.
4,223 approved · 494 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Balsall Farmhouse Magpie Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AW
Received 20 Mar 20245 Stoneleigh Road Olton Solihull B91 1DG
Received 21 Mar 2024178 Redstone Farm Road Olton Solihull B28 9NG
Received 21 Mar 202432 Ash Crescent Kingshurst Solihull B37 6AD
Received 21 Mar 202441 Hazelhurst Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0BH
Received 21 Mar 20245 Woodside Way Solihull B91 1HB
Received 21 Mar 202480 Marcot Road Solihull B92 7PR
Received 22 Mar 202424 Grandborough Drive Hillfield Solihull B91 3TS
Received 22 Mar 202462 Solihull Road Shirley Solihull B90 3HQ
Received 20 Mar 2024Benton Lane Farm Benton Green Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7AY
Received 22 Mar 2024The Barn Knowle Road Eastcote Solihull
Received 22 Mar 20242 Woodcote Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8JR
Received 22 Mar 2024Land Intersecting The B4102 Meriden Road And The River Blythe, To The North Of Patrick Farm
Received 13 Mar 2024252 Bradford Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9AB
Received 18 Mar 2024Lido House Sansome Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BJ
Received 22 Mar 202488 Rodborough Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EQ
Received 22 Mar 202446 Chelveston Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3YH
Received 22 Mar 2024120 Dingle Lane Solihull B91 3NQ
Received 22 Mar 202439 Hazelhurst Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0BH
Received 25 Mar 20248 Rickard Close Knowle Solihull B93 9RD
Received 25 Mar 20241367 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LW
Received 25 Mar 2024Pendigo Lake National Exhibition Centre Pendigo Way Solihull
Received 14 Mar 20244 Waverley Grove Solihull B91 1NP
Received 14 Mar 202427 Sambourn Close Solihull B91 2SA
Received 22 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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