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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.
5,120 approved · 629 refused · 170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9DX
Received 19 Mar 2025Fountains Care Home 1355 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4EF
Received 20 Mar 2025101 Kelsey Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GS
Received 20 Mar 202544 Malcolm Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AH
Received 20 Mar 2025Victoria Cottage Albert Road Millisons Wood Solihull CV5 9AS
Received 19 Mar 202514 White House Way Solihull B91 1SE
Received 19 Mar 2025424 Rowood Drive Solihull B92 9LQ
Received 14 Mar 2025Car Park 6 Jetstream Road Birmingham Airport Solihull
Received 20 Mar 202553 Scott Road Solihull B92 7LQ
Received 14 Mar 202596 Purnells Way Knowle Solihull B93 9ED
Received 20 Mar 202551A Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PD
Received 14 Mar 2025252 Creynolds Lane Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4ET
Received 17 Mar 2025Car Park Farmhouse Way Monkspath Solihull
Received 20 Mar 202528 Charingworth Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8HZ
Received 21 Mar 202524 Raddington Drive Olton Solihull B92 7DU
Received 21 Mar 202534 Oakley Fen End Solihull CV8 1QE
Received 21 Mar 2025Drum & Monkey 177 Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8ND
Received 20 Mar 20256 Lodge Road Knowle Solihull B93 0HE
Received 21 Mar 2025208 Main Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7NG
Received 21 Mar 202526 Widney Manor Road Solihull B91 3JQ
Received 21 Mar 20251405A Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LR
Received 21 Mar 2025939 Warwick Road Solihull B91 3EX
Received 23 Mar 20252 Rushton Close Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7PA
Received 24 Mar 2025122A Ulverley Green Road Olton Solihull B92 8AA
Received 24 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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