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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.
4,469 approved · 525 refused · 136 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
36 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9DY
Received 5 Jul 20249 Leafield Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8NY
Received 8 Jul 202429 Charles Road Shirley Solihull B91 1TS
Received 9 Jul 2024Land On The West Side Of Alderbrook Road Solihull
Received 8 Jul 2024Birmingham Airport Petrol Filling Station Coventry Road Solihull B26 3QS
Received 9 Jul 20246 Aylesmore Close Olton Solihull B92 7DA
Received 9 Jul 20241226A Yardley Wood Road Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1JX
Received 5 Jul 2024Biffa Waste Services Ltd Meriden Waste Transfer Station Meriden Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LG
Received 10 Jul 202496 Church Hill Road Solihull B91 3JH
Received 10 Jul 202488A Grange Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8QX
Received 10 Jul 2024130 Tythe Barn Lane Shirley Solihull B90 1PF
Received 9 Jul 202456 Arlescote Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9HX
Received 10 Jul 2024125 Bryanston Road Olton Solihull B91 1BP
Received 10 Jul 202459 Lyndon Road Solihull B92 7RF
Received 11 Jul 202445 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2HA
Received 11 Jul 2024Holdcroft Renault 270 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3AD
Received 11 Jul 2024231 Ralph Road Shirley Solihull B90 3LE
Received 11 Jul 202442 Aylesbury Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6PB
Received 12 Jul 2024Proposed Development Located At B4101 Waste Lane Between Coventry (to The East) And Balsall Common (to The West).
Received 11 Jul 2024The Triangle Lavender Hall Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BN
Received 10 Jul 20245 Bowercourt Close Hillfield Solihull B91 3YW
Received 10 Jul 2024Barston Farm Hob Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JT
Received 12 Jul 202482 Rangoon Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9DF
Received 10 Jul 2024160 Tilehouse Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1PW
Received 12 Jul 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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