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.
4,605 approved · 550 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Ullenhall Road Knowle Solihull B93 9JH
Received 6 Nov 20243 Willowherb Way Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1RY
Received 4 Nov 202421 Crimscote Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4TT
Received 4 Nov 2024South Winds 54 The Crescent Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BP
Received 6 Nov 202455 Rangoon Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9DD
Received 6 Nov 2024Berrow Homes Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0JA
Received 6 Nov 2024Land North Of Existing Substation On Tanners Lane Berkswell Solihull
Received 6 Nov 2024Unit 2 Stirling Road Shirley Solihull B90 4NE
Received 6 Nov 2024Land At Heron Bank Farm Spencers Lane Berkswell Solihull
Received 6 Nov 2024Bulls Head 7 Limekiln Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 6BU
Received 6 Nov 2024Meadow Croft Fen End Road Fen End Solihull CV8 1NS
Received 7 Nov 2024194 Chester Road Solihull B36 0JE
Received 7 Nov 2024125 Tilehouse Green Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9EN
Received 7 Nov 202444 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BA
Received 4 Nov 20245 Woodside Way Solihull B91 1HB
Received 7 Nov 2024Grassed Area Off Ludworth Avenue Marston Green Solihull
Received 7 Nov 20245 Gainsborough Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9EX
Received 6 Nov 20243 Stretton Road Shirley Solihull B90 2RL
Received 8 Nov 2024106 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2EN
Received 8 Nov 202412 Manton Croft Dorridge Solihull B93 8TD
Received 6 Nov 202417 Blythe Way Solihull B91 3EY
Received 3 Nov 2024Solihull Road Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 6 Nov 202412 Woodshires Road Olton Solihull B92 7DN
Received 11 Nov 202415 Meadow Pleck Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1SN
Received 11 Nov 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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