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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 dates5,520Searchable applications
468Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 4,789 approved or refused records
499Refused applications
4,290 approved · 499 refused · 129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
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More application records
- DecidedPL/2024/01005/MINFHO
Two storey side and rear extension and single storey rear extension.
480 Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NU
Received 22 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01007/MINFHO
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension.
Robs Oak Old Waste Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RY
Received 28 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01008/MINFHO
First floor side extension.
7 Pinfold Road Solihull B91 2PB
Received 25 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01009/CLOPUD
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single side extension to existing original footprint of existing dwelling. Access not changing, however, a permeable driveway will be constructed to allow access to new single storey outbuilding. Existing green house to be repositioned.
574 Tanworth Lane Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JE
Received 28 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01010/MINFHO
New fence to side of property (facing Fishers Drive) and new front boundary wall with gates.
250 Dickens Heath Road Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QQ
Received 24 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01011/MINFHO
Side and rear single storey extension, replacing existing garage (removing side access on that side) with habitable space and replacing the flat roof with a pitched roof. 4 No. Velux windows will be installed and patio doors extending to the rear. An addition of a pitched roof porch to the front elevation.
30 Whitefields Crescent Solihull B91 3NU
Received 28 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01012/TCA
Fell oak tree, designated T1, to ground level and treat stump to inhibit growth. This oak tree is allegedly contributing to subsidence damage to 16 Brook Lane.
106 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EE
Received 28 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01013/NONMC
Amendments to planning permission dated 27/10/2023 reference PL/2023/01453/MINFHO for: Single storey front garage extension and conversion to also incorporate a new front porch. Namely: For high level windows to be increased in depth from 300 to 450mm in the side elevation and addition of 3 No. Velux roof windows added to new sitting room.
5 Ullenhall Road Knowle Solihull B93 9JD
Received 22 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01014/NONMC
Amendments to planning permission dated 16.05.2023 reference PL/2023/00750/PPFL for: Replacement entrance doors to the Mill Lane and Poplar Arcade entrances to the Touchwood Shopping Centre. Namely: Alternative door materials.
Touchwood Solihull 77 - 79 Homer Road Solihull B91 3SW
Received 22 May 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/01015/MINFHO
Enlargement of 40% of the existing original dwelling, in the form of side extension and raising the eaves on the main section of the dwelling.
574 Tanworth Lane Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JE
Received 28 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01017/TCA
Crown Thin, Remove Deadwood and 3 metre Crown Reduction to Cherry tree, in rear garden.
51 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7DX
Received 28 May 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/01019/VAR
Application to vary condition 3 - Plan numbers of allowed Appeal of 13-10-23 - Ref APP/Q4625/W/23/3317887 regarding planning application PL/2022/01402/MINFDW - Construction of two storey dwelling and detached garage. Namely change to footprint, omission of utility door, change to rear window size, omission of chimney, relocation and change of design of detached garage and addition of solar panels.
21A Meadow Drive Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BD
Received 28 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01020/TPO
T1- Oak tree reduce in height by 2 metres, reduce lateral limbs overhanging driveway by 2 metres, reduce roadside and neighbouring limbs by 1.5 metres, remove any deadwood within the canopy.
37 Ashlawn Crescent Solihull B91 1PR
Received 28 May 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/01021/LBC
Listed building consent for single storey side extension.
Emscot Barn 85A Meeting House Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GD
Received 29 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01022/TCA
T1 Yellow Conifer tree - Reduce in height by around 20 feet. T2 Green Conifer tree - Reduce in height by around 18 feet.
32 Blythe Way Solihull B91 3EY
Received 29 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01023/MINFHO
Erection of two storey/part single storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
236 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BH
Received 23 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01024/MINFHO
Single storey rear extension and garage conversion.
67 Bills Lane Shirley Solihull B90 2PE
Received 29 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01025/TPO
Fell and grind stump of sycamore tree, identified as 5286.
Servite House 101 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DQ
Received 29 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01027/DIS
Discharge of condition 8 (Estate Road), 9 (Closing of accesses), 12 (Residential Travel Plan) , 14 (Landscape Ecology Management Plan) , 19 (Hard and Soft landscaping), 21 (Boundary treatments) and 24 (Noise) attached to planning permission PL/2021/03201/PPOL dated 13.04.2022 for Outline planning application for the development of up to 110 (C3) residential dwellings with all matters reserved apart from access and scale.
Plot 4, The Green, Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull
Received 29 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01028/TCA
Conifer trees 1 & 2 - Crown reduce by up to 50cm, to old cuts but still keeping tree green. Crimson king tree 3 - Crown lift to 1.5m and crown reduction by 1.5m.
7 Granville Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BY
Received 29 May 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/01029/MINFHO
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
20 Chamberlain Crescent Shirley Solihull B90 2DG
Received 30 May 2024 - UnknownPL/2024/01030/MINFHO
Single storey side extension.
Emscot Barn 85A Meeting House Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GD
Received 30 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01031/DIS
Discharge of conditions 4 (Parking Spaces), 6 (Dropped kerb), 7.3 (Implementation of Approved Remediation Scheme), 7.4 (Verification Report), 7.5 (Reporting of Unexpected Contamination) on permission PL/2023/01232/MINFDW dated 03.08.2023 for Erect a new dwelling - Resubmission of PL/2023/00494/PPFL
1 Snowford Close Shirley Solihull B90 1DA
Received 30 May 2024 - DecidedPL/2024/01032/MINFHO
Garage conversion and relocation of car parking spaces.
2 Enderby Close Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8LW
Received 30 May 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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