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.
4,671 approved · 556 refused · 150 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ladymeade Newlands Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7EE
Received 5 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To Mount Farm Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull
Received 5 Feb 202528 Stonor Park Road Olton Solihull B91 1EH
Received 5 Feb 2025Benton Green Lane Farm Benton Green Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7AY
Received 6 Feb 2025Oak Farm Hampton Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B92 0JB
Received 6 Feb 202530 Brackleys Way Solihull B92 8QJ
Received 6 Feb 202564 Widney Manor Road Solihull B91 3JQ
Received 6 Feb 202581 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HT
Received 6 Feb 2025Yew Tree Cottage Box Trees Road Dorridge Solihull B94 6EB
Received 6 Feb 202557 Mill Lane Solihull B91 3AT
Received 7 Feb 2025651 Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7DX
Received 7 Feb 2025150 Green Lane Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0BX
Received 7 Feb 2025St Andrews Anglican And Methodist L E P Pike Drive Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 7US
Received 7 Feb 202521 Lindridge Road Shirley Solihull B90 2QJ
Received 7 Feb 2025353 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9BQ
Received 10 Feb 202524 Chalgrove Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3GG
Received 10 Feb 202527 Lowbrook Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1QR
Received 10 Feb 2025224 Creynolds Lane Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4ET
Received 10 Feb 202541 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7AX
Received 10 Feb 20259 Cheedon Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8RJ
Received 9 Feb 202531 Harnall Close Shirley Solihull B90 4QR
Received 10 Feb 202553 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7DX
Received 10 Feb 202570 Shalford Road Solihull B92 7NF
Received 10 Feb 202535 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AF
Received 10 Feb 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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