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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.
4,567 approved · 541 refused · 142 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Boundary Oak Birmingham Road Meer End Solihull CV8 1PT
Received 23 Sept 2024Blythe Valley Park Blythe Gate Shirley Solihull
Received 23 Sept 2024149 Yoxall Road Shirley Solihull B90 3RN
Received 23 Sept 202443 Aylesbury Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6PD
Received 23 Sept 202493 Grange Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8QX
Received 24 Sept 202441 Merevale Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8LA
Received 24 Sept 2024Apartment 33 550 Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7DQ
Received 24 Sept 2024Johnstones Decorating Centre 258 Lyndon Road Solihull B92 7QW
Received 24 Sept 202422 Glovers Croft Fordbridge Solihull B37 5AF
Received 24 Sept 202462 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HZ
Received 24 Sept 2024Birmingham International Airport Birmingham Airport Solihull B26 3QJ
Received 23 Sept 2024211 Mill Lane Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8NU
Received 24 Sept 202436 Chantry Heath Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9NH
Received 24 Sept 202461 Bradbury Road Olton Solihull B92 8AF
Received 25 Sept 2024Open Space Bradford Gardens Hall Road Castle Bromwich Solihull
Received 25 Sept 2024Units SU03-05 Resorts World Pendigo Way Solihull B40 1PU
Received 25 Sept 2024108 Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0JD
Received 25 Sept 20249A Balsall Street East Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FQ
Received 25 Sept 2024213 Ralph Road Shirley Solihull B90 3LE
Received 25 Sept 202433 Jersey Croft Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0PD
Received 25 Sept 2024Mercote Lodge Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull B92 0LS
Received 25 Sept 20243 Felton Grove Hillfield Solihull B91 3GD
Received 26 Sept 2024NRS Meriden Aggregates Ltd Meriden Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LG
Received 26 Sept 2024140 Victor Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9DJ
Received 26 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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