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.
5,118 approved · 628 refused · 170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Haycock Farm Bakers Lane Dorridge Solihull B93 0DZ
Received 13 Mar 202532 Lapwing Drive Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BF
Received 13 Mar 20256 Burberry Grove Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7RB
Received 13 Mar 20259 Shalford Road Solihull B92 7NE
Received 13 Mar 20253 Tanford Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9AP
Received 13 Mar 202553 Ulverley Green Road Olton Solihull B92 8BQ
Received 14 Mar 2025174 Tilehouse Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1PW
Received 14 Mar 20252 Land Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7DQ
Received 14 Mar 2025155 Solihull Road Shirley Solihull B90 3LQ
Received 14 Mar 202522 Burman Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BG
Received 6 Mar 2025151 Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B90 1QY
Received 14 Mar 2025175 Danford Lane Solihull B91 1QR
Received 14 Mar 202519 Moordown Avenue Solihull B92 8QW
Received 14 Mar 202553 Barn Lane Solihull B92 7ND
Received 14 Mar 2025Fen End Road Fen End Solihull
Received 15 Mar 202528 Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LX
Received 15 Mar 202583 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HT
Received 17 Mar 2025The Willows Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JP
Received 17 Mar 2025164 Water Orton Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HE
Received 17 Mar 202541 Shakespeare Drive Shirley Solihull B90 2AL
Received 16 Mar 202516 Lapwing Drive Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BF
Received 16 Mar 202553 Leafield Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8NZ
Received 13 Mar 202528 Park Avenue Solihull B91 3EJ
Received 14 Mar 202530 Park Avenue Solihull B91 3EJ
Received 14 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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