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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.
4,661 approved · 555 refused · 149 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Blossomfield Club Widney Lane Solihull B91 3JY
Received 26 Jan 2025Nelson House Central Boulevard Shirley Solihull B90 8BG
Received 27 Jan 2025Land Adjacent Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Blossomfield Road Solihull
Received 27 Jan 2025Unit FF02 Resorts World Pendigo Way Solihull B40 1PU
Received 27 Jan 2025703 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8NE
Received 27 Jan 2025Land Off The Grove Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 27 Jan 20254 Wilford Grove Hillfield Solihull B91 3FP
Received 27 Jan 2025Land West Of Warwick Road Warwick Road Knowle Solihull
Received 27 Jan 202519 Alderminster Road Hillfield Solihull B91 3UN
Received 27 Jan 2025164 Hurdis Road Shirley Solihull B90 2DN
Received 28 Jan 20259 Merevale Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8LA
Received 28 Jan 202552 Fowgay Drive Solihull B91 3PH
Received 28 Jan 2025136 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PH
Received 28 Jan 202517 Temple Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LE
Received 28 Jan 202517 Yewhurst Road Solihull B91 1PW
Received 27 Jan 2025Heath Farm 26 Henwood Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TH
Received 27 Jan 202562 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BA
Received 28 Jan 2025119 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2EQ
Received 28 Jan 202516 Bramshall Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8TG
Received 28 Jan 2025Heywood Oldwich Lane West Chadwick End Solihull B93 0BQ
Received 28 Jan 2025Orchard Barn Marsh Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AH
Received 29 Jan 2025171 - 175 Warwick Road Olton Solihull B92 7AW
Received 29 Jan 2025953 Warwick Road Solihull B91 3EX
Received 28 Jan 202555 Geoffrey Road Shirley Solihull B90 2HW
Received 29 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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