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.
4,266 approved · 498 refused · 129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BA
Received 26 Apr 2024Barretts Lane Farm House Barretts Lane Farm Barretts Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GB
Received 26 Apr 2024189 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7FJ
Received 26 Apr 202418 Park View Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6PH
Received 26 Apr 202480 Kelsey Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GT
Received 26 Apr 202427 Charles Road Shirley Solihull B91 1TS
Received 26 Apr 202413 Welford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3HX
Received 26 Apr 202426 Milton Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8AB
Received 27 Apr 2024Woodfield Farm Norton Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5LS
Received 28 Apr 202431 Hollyberry Avenue Hillfield Solihull B91 3UA
Received 28 Apr 2024Crew Clothing 11 Mill Lane Solihull B91 3AR
Received 29 Apr 2024Land At Walsh Lane Meriden Solihull
Received 29 Apr 2024Ard Coille House 18 The Crescent Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BP
Received 29 Apr 20242A Meadow Drive Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BD
Received 29 Apr 20243 New Road Solihull B91 3DL
Received 26 Apr 2024600 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1AA
Received 29 Apr 20245 Claverdon Close Solihull B91 1QP
Received 25 Apr 2024118 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2EN
Received 29 Apr 20242 Amington Road Shirley Solihull B90 2RF
Received 29 Apr 2024194 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PQ
Received 29 Apr 2024Land To The R/O 86 Meriden Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BT
Received 30 Apr 2024Land Adjacent Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Blossomfield Road Solihull
Received 30 Apr 2024Land Adjacent Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Blossomfield Road Solihull
Received 30 Apr 202458 Woodchester Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EJ
Received 30 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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