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.
4,653 approved · 555 refused · 147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 - 62 Station Road Solihull B91 3RX
Received 20 Jan 20257 Giles Close Solihull B92 9QE
Received 20 Jan 2025120 Chester Road Solihull B36 0AG
Received 19 Jan 2025198 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PQ
Received 17 Jan 202519 Northbrook Road Shirley Solihull B90 3NR
Received 17 Jan 2025178 Hobs Moat Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8JZ
Received 17 Jan 202522 Woodrow Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9EF
Received 20 Jan 202527 Blackdown Road Knowle Solihull B93 9HP
Received 16 Jan 202522 Meadow Pleck Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1SN
Received 20 Jan 202516 Arden Close Meriden Solihull CV7 7NS
Received 17 Jan 202520 Brooksby Grove Dorridge Solihull B93 8BW
Received 17 Jan 2025458 Station Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HB
Received 21 Jan 2025The Red Lion 1672 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LY
Received 21 Jan 2025The Red Lion 1672 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LY
Received 21 Jan 20252 Cheswick Way Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4EX
Received 21 Jan 2025179 Hampton Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TD
Received 21 Jan 20259 Elmdon Park Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9HE
Received 18 Dec 2024Heath Farm 26 Henwood Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TH
Received 21 Jan 202596 Clinton Road Shirley Solihull B90 4RG
Received 21 Jan 202540 Wootton Close Knowle Solihull B93 0EJ
Received 21 Jan 2025547 Chester Road Solihull B36 0JU
Received 22 Jan 2025Agricultural Baulk Lane Berkswell Solihull
Received 22 Jan 20255 Brockhurst Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1RG
Received 22 Jan 202590 Hanbury Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DL
Received 22 Jan 2025Records 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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