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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.
4,255 approved · 498 refused · 128 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Keswick Road Solihull B92 7PH
Received 17 Apr 2024480 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1RN
Received 19 Apr 202492 Knowle Wood Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8JP
Received 22 Apr 2024Land On Patrick Farm Meriden Road Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 11 Apr 202454 Queens Avenue Shirley Solihull B90 2NT
Received 22 Apr 2024724 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8LU
Received 22 Apr 202466 Salter Street Earlswood Solihull B94 6DE
Received 22 Apr 20249 Malvern Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7DU
Received 23 Apr 2024Grange Aston Martin Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4BQ
Received 23 Apr 2024The Red Lion 1672 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LY
Received 23 Apr 202432 Silver Birch Road Kingshurst Solihull B37 6AH
Received 22 Apr 2024South East Of Berkswell Train Station, South Of Truggist Lane
Received 23 Apr 20246 Stapenhall Road Monkspath Solihull B90 4XX
Received 23 Apr 202431 Hazelhurst Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0BH
Received 23 Apr 20245 Brentwood Close Shirley Solihull B91 1UL
Received 24 Apr 202434 Abbots Close Knowle Solihull B93 9PP
Received 24 Apr 2024131 Yoxall Road Shirley Solihull B90 3RW
Received 24 Apr 2024Oaks Hotel School Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BB
Received 24 Apr 202410 Bills Lane Shirley Solihull B90 2NR
Received 25 Apr 2024Land To The Rear Of 9 Birch Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RS
Received 25 Apr 2024212 Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1NT
Received 25 Apr 2024Hollybush Farm Holly Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EB
Received 25 Apr 2024The Stables Knowle Hall Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AB
Received 25 Apr 202412 Yewhurst Road Solihull B91 1PW
Received 25 Apr 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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