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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.
4,615 approved · 552 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Croft Holme St. Peters Lane Bickenhill Solihull B92 0DP
Received 20 Nov 202419 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7AU
Received 29 Nov 202419 Ladbrook Road Solihull B91 3RN
Received 29 Nov 2024Telecommunications Mast 30841400 Coventry Road Solihull
Received 29 Nov 20247 Heathgreen Close Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 6UH
Received 29 Nov 202411 Lindridge Road Shirley Solihull B90 2QJ
Received 29 Nov 202458 Links Drive Solihull B91 2DL
Received 29 Nov 202483 Neville Road Shirley Solihull B90 2QX
Received 2 Dec 202456 Ashlawn Crescent Solihull B91 1PS
Received 30 Nov 20241021 Warwick Road Solihull B91 3HG
Received 2 Dec 202425 High Street Solihull B91 3SJ
Received 2 Dec 202410 Denton Croft Dorridge Solihull B93 8SE
Received 2 Dec 20249 Woodside Way Solihull B91 1HB
Received 2 Dec 202437 Earlswood Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8RD
Received 2 Dec 202418 Wilsons Road Knowle Solihull B93 0HZ
Received 28 Nov 202411 Cheedon Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8RJ
Received 2 Dec 2024Lavender Hall Farm Lavender Hall Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BN
Received 2 Dec 2024Tudor Grange Academy Solihull Dingle Lane Solihull B91 3PD
Received 2 Dec 202415 Redlands Road Solihull B91 2LR
Received 2 Dec 2024Berkswell Battery Storage Site Waste Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GH
Received 2 Dec 202452 Bourton Road Olton Solihull B92 8AZ
Received 2 Dec 20242 - 4 Greenwood Square Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5TR
Received 2 Dec 2024175 Solihull Road Shirley Solihull B90 3LQ
Received 2 Dec 20248 Warren Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8JY
Received 3 Dec 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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