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.
4,590 approved · 546 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Broughton Cottage Leys Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LQ
Received 22 Oct 202438 Campden Green Solihull B92 8HG
Received 23 Oct 2024Jenarda Birmingham Road Millisons Wood Solihull CV5 9AG
Received 23 Oct 2024108 Lowbrook Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1QS
Received 23 Oct 2024Brickmakers Arms 307 Station Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EG
Received 15 Oct 202443 Shelly Crescent Monkspath Solihull B90 4YW
Received 23 Oct 2024131 Yoxall Road Shirley Solihull B90 3RW
Received 23 Oct 202422 Thornby Avenue Solihull B91 2BJ
Received 23 Oct 202426 Langcomb Road Shirley Solihull B90 2PR
Received 23 Oct 2024Unit 8 Land Saxon Way Fordbridge Solihull
Received 24 Oct 2024100 Wellsford Avenue Solihull B92 8HB
Received 24 Oct 202443 Blandford Avenue Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HY
Received 24 Oct 202417 Neville Road Shirley Solihull B90 2QU
Received 24 Oct 202425 Manor Road Solihull B91 2BH
Received 24 Oct 202425 Manor Road Solihull B91 2BH
Received 24 Oct 2024Fields Farm Warwick Road Chadwick End Solihull
Received 24 Oct 20243 Station Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7AB
Received 24 Oct 2024Land Adjoining Forge Cottage Bakers Lane Dorridge Solihull
Received 25 Oct 202412 Fletcher Grove Knowle Solihull B93 0PG
Received 24 Oct 202453 Hampton Lane Solihull B91 2QD
Received 25 Oct 20247 Fletcher Grove Knowle Solihull B93 0PG
Received 25 Oct 2024Unit 1 8 Mill Lane Solihull B91 3AX
Received 25 Oct 20246 Kingsley Gardens Dorridge Solihull B93 8FH
Received 25 Oct 2024Kia Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8NE
Received 25 Oct 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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