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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.
5,114 approved · 628 refused · 170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
701 - 705 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 3DA
Received 6 Mar 2025Lynton House 167A Wood Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5JL
Received 10 Mar 202578 Willow Road Shirley Solihull B91 1UH
Received 10 Mar 2025166 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JH
Received 10 Mar 202538 Falstaff Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AG
Received 11 Mar 2025Bungalow Behind 134-136 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PH
Received 12 Mar 2025Car Park N11 National Exhibition Centre Northway Solihull
Received 12 Mar 202572 Elmdon Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7EQ
Received 12 Mar 202512 Newby Grove Fordbridge Solihull B37 6QR
Received 12 Mar 202517 Boningale Way Dorridge Solihull B93 8SF
Received 12 Mar 202551 Hawthorne Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0HJ
Received 5 Mar 2025130 Lodge Road Knowle Solihull B93 0HF
Received 12 Mar 20255 Westfield Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8DY
Received 12 Mar 2025810 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8NQ
Received 12 Mar 2025116 Dorridge Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BN
Received 12 Mar 20257 Apsley Grove Dorridge Solihull B93 8QP
Received 7 Mar 2025Woodbrook House Coralin Close Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 7UT
Received 7 Mar 2025Kingsgate House Winchester Drive Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5PX
Received 7 Mar 20251 Norgrave Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9JH
Received 13 Mar 2025Land At Lodge Croft Knowle Solihull
Received 13 Mar 2025109 Ferndown Road Solihull B91 2AX
Received 13 Mar 2025Fircroft House Winchester Drive Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5QB
Received 7 Mar 2025Dillington House Moorend Avenue Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5TD
Received 7 Mar 2025Avoncroft House Winchester Drive Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 5QH
Received 7 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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