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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.
5,103 approved · 627 refused · 170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
210 Lode Lane Solihull B91 2HR
Received 24 Feb 2025Pear Tree Farm Meer End Road Meer End Solihull CV8 1PW
Received 25 Feb 2025Nailcote Farm Cottage Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7DF
Received 24 Feb 202525 Broadfern Road Knowle Solihull B93 9DE
Received 25 Feb 20256 Yewhurst Road Solihull B91 1PW
Received 25 Feb 2025The Lodge Robin Hood Cemetery Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3NL
Received 25 Feb 2025Rook Farm Meer End Road Meer End Solihull CV8 1PW
Received 25 Feb 20255 Wyckham Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0HX
Received 25 Feb 2025Carrolls Equestrian Eaves Green Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7JL
Received 26 Feb 2025103 Hanbury Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DL
Received 25 Feb 2025Malvern Court 915 Warwick Road Solihull B91 3EP
Received 26 Feb 2025Land To The Southeast Of Lavender Hall Lane And To The Northwest Of Station Road, Balsall Common
Received 24 Feb 202588 Slater Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8AJ
Received 26 Feb 2025Hampton In Arden Tennis Club Shadowbrook Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0DQ
Received 26 Feb 202529 Farnworth Grove Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9JA
Received 27 Feb 202545 Windsor Road Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0JR
Received 27 Feb 202549 Ashwell Drive Shirley Solihull B90 3LR
Received 27 Feb 202523 Broadfern Road Knowle Solihull B93 9DE
Received 27 Feb 2025Berkswell Grange Truggist Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BX
Received 27 Feb 202544 Ralph Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JX
Received 27 Feb 202515 Wyken Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8RP
Received 27 Feb 2025Land Rear Of 68-70 Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull
Received 27 Feb 202583 Lovelace Avenue Solihull B91 3JR
Received 27 Feb 2025Diddington Hall Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7HQ
Received 27 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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