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.
4,547 approved · 535 refused · 139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Newhaven The Fordrift Marston Green Solihull B37 7EA
Received 28 Aug 202467 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DF
Received 28 Aug 2024112 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EE
Received 28 Aug 20242 Bramshall Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8TG
Received 29 Aug 202436 Hurst Lane North Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0HD
Received 29 Aug 20248 White House Way Solihull B91 1SE
Received 29 Aug 202412 Loxley Avenue Shirley Solihull B90 2QE
Received 29 Aug 20247 Hall Farm Court Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AD
Received 29 Aug 20241393 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LR
Received 30 Aug 202430 Apsley Grove Dorridge Solihull B93 8QP
Received 30 Aug 2024116 Blandford Avenue Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9JD
Received 30 Aug 2024139 Hobs Moat Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8JW
Received 29 Aug 20245 Sandhills Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3UE
Received 30 Aug 2024236 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BH
Received 30 Aug 2024The Shambles Old Waste Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RY
Received 30 Aug 202410 Touchwood Mill Lane Arcade Solihull B91 3GS
Received 30 Aug 202428 Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LX
Received 30 Aug 202411 Leveson Crescent Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7DR
Received 30 Aug 2024197 & 201 Tythe Barn Lane Shirley Solihull B90 1PF
Received 30 Aug 202415 & 17 Malcolm Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AH
Received 30 Aug 20249 & 11 Needlers End Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AF
Received 30 Aug 202418 Dunton Hall Road Shirley Solihull B90 2RA
Received 2 Sept 20244 Dorothys Gate Solihull B91 3WX
Received 2 Sept 202426 Rainsbrook Drive Monkspath Solihull B90 4TH
Received 2 Sept 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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