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.
5,105 approved · 627 refused · 170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Whitford Drive Shirley Solihull B90 4YG
Received 3 Mar 202526 Boscobel Road Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JY
Received 26 Feb 2025Bentley Heath Church Of England Primary School Widney Close Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9AS
Received 3 Mar 2025Fen End House Fen End Road Fen End Solihull CV8 1NS
Received 4 Mar 202519 Fullbrook Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4UB
Received 4 Mar 202528 - 30 The Green Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9AL
Received 4 Mar 20253 Langtree Avenue Hillfield Solihull B91 3YJ
Received 4 Mar 2025Prince Of Wales High Street Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1JW
Received 4 Mar 202522 Hazelhurst Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0BH
Received 3 Mar 20256 Littleton Croft Hillfield Solihull B91 3XR
Received 5 Mar 202599 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7DT
Received 3 Mar 202535 Poplar Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DD
Received 4 Mar 202526 Reservoir Road Olton Solihull B92 8BB
Received 5 Mar 202558 Buryfield Road Solihull B91 2DG
Received 5 Mar 202561 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3LL
Received 4 Mar 202545 Redlands Close Solihull B91 2LZ
Received 5 Mar 20255 Malthouse Meadow Hillfield Solihull B91 3DB
Received 5 Mar 2025Land At Catherine De Barnes Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull
Received 5 Mar 202515 Illshaw Heath Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6RT
Received 5 Mar 202519 Brueton Avenue Solihull B91 3EN
Received 5 Mar 202520 Boscobel Road Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JY
Received 5 Mar 20256 Thornby Avenue Solihull B91 2BJ
Received 5 Mar 202511 Broom Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1SJ
Received 6 Mar 2025Meres Farm Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AU
Received 5 Mar 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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