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.
4,615 approved · 552 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Butler Road Solihull B92 7QL
Received 21 Nov 202483 Lovelace Avenue Solihull B91 3JR
Received 18 Nov 202470 Lowbrook Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1QS
Received 20 Nov 2024Blythe Paddocks Barston Lane Barston Solihull CV7 7BT
Received 14 Nov 202438 Whitefields Road Solihull B91 3NX
Received 25 Nov 20243 Horrell Road Shirley Solihull B90 2JS
Received 21 Nov 202428 Arnold Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JP
Received 21 Nov 202411 Stockley Crescent Shirley Solihull B90 3SW
Received 21 Nov 2024Four Ashes Golf Centre Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8NQ
Received 26 Nov 202439 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2HA
Received 26 Nov 202416 Brockhall Grove Kingshurst Solihull B37 6EE
Received 27 Nov 2024Moorhayes 6 Eastcote Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AS
Received 27 Nov 202473 Glascote Close Shirley Solihull B90 2TA
Received 27 Nov 2024Barn 3 Bradnocks Marsh Lane Bradnocks Marsh Solihull B92 0LH
Received 27 Nov 202447 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DZ
Received 27 Nov 2024Ivy Nook Showell Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7JJ
Received 27 Nov 202447 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DZ
Received 27 Nov 2024Berkswell Battery Storage Site Waste Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GH
Received 28 Nov 20241 Falstaff Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AE
Received 26 Nov 2024Kingshurst Village Centre And Former Mountford Public House, Marston Drive, Over Green Drive, Gilson Way And Church Close
Received 28 Nov 20243 Gilliver Road Shirley Solihull B90 2DD
Received 28 Nov 2024Oaks Hotel School Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BB
Received 28 Nov 2024Tythe Cottage Bakers Lane Dorridge Solihull B93 0EA
Received 28 Nov 2024Solihull Arden Club, Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 28 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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