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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,469Searchable applications
468Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 4,741 approved or refused records
497Refused applications
4,244 approved · 497 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Emerging Local PlanPre-application advice Pre-application discussionsConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@solihull.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- DecidedPL/2024/00637/DIS
Discharge Condition Nos. 3 (Materials), 5 (CMP), 6 (Barriers), 7 (Landscape), 10 (Boundary Details), and 11 (Levels) following planning approval PL/2023/01528/PPFL dated 05.10.2023 for the erection of two five-bedroom detached houses on land adjacent to 28 Four Ashes Road.
28 Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LX
Received 5 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00638/MINFHO
Single storey side extension to main house.
17 Oldway Drive Solihull B91 3HP
Received 5 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00639/MINFHO
Single storey side and rear wraparound extension. First floor single storey side extension.
15 Yewhurst Road Solihull B91 1PW
Received 5 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00640/PPFL
External alterations comprising a helium quench pipe and an external plant area associated with use as a community diagnostics centre.
L.C.P. Retail Ltd 84 Chelmsley Circle Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5TS
Received 5 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00641/MINFHO
Single storey rear extension, first floor side extension above the garage and loft extension.
31 Jacey Road Shirley Solihull B90 3LJ
Received 5 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00642/DIS
Discharge condition No. 5 (Construction Management Plan) attached to full planning permission PL/2023/01098/PPFL dated 09.11.2023 for Demolition of existing detached dwelling. Erection of 8 No. apartments.
212 Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1NT
Received 5 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00643/MINFHO
Rear garden office and games room.
64 Sansome Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BP
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00644/MINFHO
Single storey rear extension.
14 Vendace Road Blythe Valley Park Shirley Solihull B90 8DW
Received 7 Apr 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/00649/VAR
Variation of Condition 1 (Plans) and removal of Condition 5 (Balcony) of planning permission dated 02.10.2023 reference PL/2023/01748/MINFHO for: Single storey rear extension, two storey side extension and first floor extension above garage, with alterations to existing roof and render to exterior walls. Namely: Alterations to rear fenestration, additional roof light on the rear elevation, and the introduction of a balcony to the rear.
8 Minster Close Knowle Solihull B93 9LZ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00650/PPFL
Alterations to the parking area to the front of Our Lady of the Wayside (OLOW) Catholic Church. This includes changes to the front boundary, increasing the number of carparking spaces, creating a new path, replacement of the retractable bollards, and the creation of a step free DDA compliant pedestrian access to the church, as well as other minor changes.
Our Lady Of The Wayside Church Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4AY
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00651/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to the parking area to the front of Our Lady of the Wayside (OLOW) Catholic Church. This includes changes to the front boundary, increasing the number of carparking spaces, creating a new path, replacement of the retractable bollards, and the creation of a step free DDA compliant pedestrian access to the church, as well as other minor changes.
Our Lady Of The Wayside Church Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4AY
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00652/MINFHO
First floor side extension over garage & single storey rear extension.
24 Barnfield Drive Solihull B92 0QB
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00653/MINFHO
Ground floor rear extension.
158 Tilehouse Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1PW
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00654/MINFHO
First floor side extensions.
103 Coppice Walk Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4HZ
Received 9 Apr 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/00655/PNH
Prior notification for a ground floor rear kitchen extension, alongside the replacement of existing wc and storage room with a breakfast room measuring 5.34m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum height of 3.34m, and measuring 2.56m at the eaves. Existing bathroom on first floor to be rearranged into shower room.
18 Grove Avenue Solihull B91 2AH
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00656/TCA
A - Reduce & reshape at approximately 1-2.5m Hazel tree(s) B - Fell & poison damaged Laburnum tree on frontage. C - Remove limb on Sumac tree in rear garden. D - Remove regrowth on row of 5 No. Lime trees. E - Reduce end weight on low dropping limb of Lime tree overhanging rear garden over yew tree by approximately 1.5m.
576 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1AD
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00657/MINFHO
Replace single storey conservatory with single storey garden room.
127 Darley Green Road Knowle Solihull B93 8PU
Received 8 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00658/CLEUD
Certificate of lawful development for existing use of 54 Brookvale Road, Olton, Solihull as a residential care home (Class C2) for up to three people.
54 Brookvale Road Olton Solihull B92 7HZ
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00659/TPO
30% Crown Reduction of Oak tree, to the previous pruning points
3 Nuthurst Grove Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8PD
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00660/MINFHO
Demolition of existing garden room and erection of rear single storey orangery.
Owls Barn Green Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EJ
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00662/DIS
Discharge condition Nos. 3 (in accordance with AIA) and 4 (in accordance with TMP) following planning approval PL/2023/01326/PPFL for a proposed Eco-Resort consisting of 59 pods, ancillary buildings and associated works.
The Rough National Exhibition Centre Pendigo Way Solihull
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00664/TPO
T1 mature Oak tree, crown reduce up to 10% or up to 2m (whichever is the lesser extent) on the roadside canopy side and shape back in.
187 Water Orton Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HD
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00665/MINFHO
Demolition of existing outbuildings to be replaced with a single storey detached self-contained 1 No. bedroom annexe. Replacement fence.
1405A Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LR
Received 9 Apr 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/00667/MINFHO
New render and front porch.
42 Alderbrook Road Solihull B91 1NW
Received 9 Apr 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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