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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.
5,124 approved · 632 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Dorridge Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BS
Received 25 Mar 202542 Lugtrout Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2SB
Received 26 Mar 2025Land Off Anglesey Avenue Smiths Wood Solihull
Received 27 Mar 202545 Willowbank Road Knowle Solihull B93 9QU
Received 31 Mar 202515 Kingshurst Road Shirley Solihull B90 2QP
Received 31 Mar 2025Greenacre Shirley Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LE
Received 31 Mar 2025Benton House Benton Green Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7AX
Received 31 Mar 2025268 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3JY
Received 31 Mar 2025Fen End Farm Oldwich Lane East Fen End Solihull CV8 1NR
Received 28 Mar 2025Poplar Arcade Touchwood Solihull Homer Road Solihull B91 3GJ
Received 28 Mar 202539 Dove House Lane Solihull B91 2HA
Received 24 Mar 2025Wood Farm Bills Lane Shirley Solihull B90 2PP
Received 28 Mar 2025St Lawrence's Church Church Lane Meriden Solihull
Received 28 Mar 202539 Stonebow Avenue Hillfield Solihull B91 3UP
Received 28 Mar 202539 Alder Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7DZ
Received 28 Mar 20252 Eden Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9DX
Received 31 Mar 202510 Hallcroft Way Knowle Solihull B93 9ET
Received 31 Mar 2025133 Chester Road Solihull B36 0AE
Received 31 Mar 202515 Bowbrook Avenue Monkspath Solihull B90 4UY
Received 31 Mar 2025134 Lodge Road Knowle Solihull B93 0HF
Received 31 Mar 2025109 Lode Lane Solihull B91 2HH
Received 31 Mar 202537 Sandhills Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3UE
Received 31 Mar 2025169 Tilehouse Green Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9EB
Received 31 Mar 2025169 Tilehouse Green Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9EB
Received 31 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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