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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.
4,473 approved · 526 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1330 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LQ
Received 12 Jul 20242 Shilton Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4TW
Received 15 Jul 202424 Welcombe Grove Solihull B91 1PD
Received 15 Jul 202487 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2EQ
Received 15 Jul 2024Land East Of Balsall Common Village, Approximately 400M To The South East Of Berkswell Train Station
Received 12 Jul 202424 Hazeltree Grove Dorridge Solihull B93 8HL
Received 11 Jul 2024Airparks Express Ltd Bickenhill Lane B37 7BQ
Received 10 Jul 202428 Holly Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7AE
Received 15 Jul 2024Land Between Cornetts End Lane And Land Either Side Of Marsh Lane Berkswell
Received 12 Jul 2024402 Gospel Lane Olton Solihull B27 7AW
Received 10 Jul 202429 Seven Star Road Solihull B91 2BZ
Received 11 Jul 202441, 43, 49, 73 & 75 Hampton Road Knowle Solihull B93 0NR
Received 15 Jul 202423 Hansell Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8RQ
Received 15 Jul 202430 Heaton Road Olton Solihull B91 2DX
Received 16 Jul 202423 Streamside Way Elmdon Solihull B92 9BE
Received 16 Jul 2024211 Elmdon Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7DT
Received 16 Jul 2024172 Tilehouse Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1PW
Received 16 Jul 202470 Chelmsley Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7BL
Received 16 Jul 20246 Silhill Hall Road Solihull B91 1JU
Received 16 Jul 2024Marshfield 31 Bellemere Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AN
Received 16 Jul 2024127 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PF
Received 17 Jul 2024L.C.P. Retail Ltd 84 Chelmsley Circle Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5TS
Received 17 Jul 2024119 Stroud Road Shirley Solihull B90 2JX
Received 17 Jul 2024Eastcote Hall Farm Barston Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0HR
Received 17 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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