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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.
5,099 approved · 627 refused · 170 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2019 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Alderminster Road Hillfield Solihull B91 3UN
Received 19 Feb 202580 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HZ
Received 19 Feb 2025288 Warwick Road Olton Solihull B92 7AF
Received 19 Feb 20252427 Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6NW
Received 19 Feb 2025634 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1LB
Received 19 Feb 2025634 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1LB
Received 19 Feb 202541 Lady Byron Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9AX
Received 20 Feb 20251 Webb Grove Hockley Heath Solihull B94 5BN
Received 20 Feb 202532 Buryfield Road Solihull B91 2DG
Received 19 Feb 202598 Pierce Avenue Solihull B92 7JZ
Received 17 Feb 202524 Bradley Croft Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7PZ
Received 17 Feb 2025Telecommunications Mast 30808900 Chelmsley Road Chelmsley Wood Solihull
Received 21 Feb 2025The Railway Grange Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8QA
Received 21 Feb 202544 Brookvale Road Olton Solihull B92 7HZ
Received 24 Feb 202514 Lapwing Drive Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BF
Received 24 Feb 2025The Barn Knowle Road Eastcote Solihull
Received 24 Feb 2025Ashleigh Heights 514 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1AG
Received 24 Feb 2025Oldfield House Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JU
Received 24 Feb 202579 Melton Avenue Solihull B92 8HH
Received 24 Feb 2025Greves Barn Creynolds Lane Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4ES
Received 20 Feb 2025Rose Cottage Lavender Hall Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BL
Received 24 Feb 202512 Abbots Close Knowle Solihull B93 9PP
Received 24 Feb 202556 Hemlingford Road Kingshurst Solihull B37 6DH
Received 24 Feb 202558 Station Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7BA
Received 24 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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