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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.
4,322 approved · 502 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 Lowbrook Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1QS
Received 17 Jun 2024Flat Unit 1 The Green Meriden Solihull CV7 7LN
Received 19 Jun 2024555 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1AW
Received 20 Jun 20245 Stoneleigh Road Olton Solihull B91 1DG
Received 20 Jun 2024123 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2EQ
Received 20 Jun 2024Oaks Hotel School Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BB
Received 20 Jun 20241401 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LR
Received 20 Jun 2024Land Rear Of 86 Meriden Road Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 20 Jun 202433 Brueton Avenue Solihull B91 3EN
Received 20 Jun 202468A Earlswood Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8RH
Received 21 Jun 2024Hunters (Midlands) Ltd Suite B And C Priest House 1624 - 1628 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0JU
Received 21 Jun 20245 Beechwood Park Road Olton Solihull B91 1ER
Received 21 Jun 202433 Brueton Avenue Solihull B91 3EN
Received 19 Jun 202440 Redstone Farm Road Olton Solihull B28 9NT
Received 19 Jun 202477 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL
Received 21 Jun 20241 Morville Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8SZ
Received 21 Jun 2024Heath Farm 26 Henwood Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TH
Received 21 Jun 20242 Slade Grove Knowle Solihull B93 9QY
Received 21 Jun 202433 Beconsfield Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8QZ
Received 21 Jun 20245 Alderton Close Hillfield Solihull B91 3GQ
Received 22 Jun 2024Broome Cottage 94 Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0JD
Received 24 Jun 2024Croft Holme St. Peters Lane Bickenhill Solihull B92 0DP
Received 22 Jun 2024Howletts Farm Fernhill Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AN
Received 22 Jun 2024Howletts Farm Fernhill Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AN
Received 22 Jun 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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