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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.
5,121 approved · 632 refused · 170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 Delrene Road Shirley Solihull B90 2HP
Received 20 Mar 202544 Chantry Heath Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9NH
Received 21 Mar 202515 Woodchester Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EN
Received 26 Mar 202512 Bronte Farm Road Shirley Solihull B90 3DE
Received 26 Mar 202541A Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LY
Received 26 Mar 202518 Dunton Hall Road Shirley Solihull B90 2RA
Received 26 Mar 202585 Prospect Lane Solihull B91 1HS
Received 26 Mar 202528 Wootton Green Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EZ
Received 26 Mar 2025Fairways 10 Bellemere Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AP
Received 26 Mar 202587 Limbrick Close Shirley Solihull B90 2LS
Received 26 Mar 2025361 Station Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EY
Received 27 Mar 202535 Falstaff Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AF
Received 27 Mar 202578 Woodrow Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9EQ
Received 27 Mar 202555 Castle Lane Olton Solihull B92 8DE
Received 27 Mar 202518 Brentford Road Shirley Solihull B91 1UJ
Received 27 Mar 2025Land At Benton Green Lane CV7 7AX
Received 4 Mar 2025114 Woodrow Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9EQ
Received 27 Mar 2025Cottage Farm Frog Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FP
Received 27 Mar 2025Cottage Farm Frog Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FP
Received 27 Mar 20258 Bridge Meadow Drive Knowle Solihull B93 9QG
Received 27 Mar 202599 Knightsbridge Road Olton Solihull B92 8RB
Received 28 Mar 202596 Chester Road Solihull B36 0AL
Received 28 Mar 20252 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 28 Mar 20255 Hawbridge Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4SU
Received 17 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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