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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5,124 approved · 632 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Framfield 92 Meeting House Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GE
Received 31 Mar 202545 Micklehill Drive Shirley Solihull B90 2PU
Received 31 Mar 202519 Alderminster Road Hillfield Solihull B91 3UN
Received 31 Mar 2025Land Between 2 And 24 Blue Lake Road Knowle Solihull
Received 31 Mar 202527 Sunnyside Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FY
Received 31 Mar 202528 Rectory Road Solihull B91 3RP
Received 31 Mar 202550 Beech Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1FW
Received 31 Mar 202577 Kingsleigh Drive Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9SS
Received 31 Mar 2025111 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HT
Received 1 Apr 202546 Sandy Hill Road Shirley Solihull B90 2ET
Received 31 Mar 202562 Ashlawn Crescent Solihull B91 1PS
Received 27 Mar 20258 Barrington Road Olton Solihull B92 8DP
Received 1 Apr 2025Land At Oak Farm Hampton Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B92 0JB
Received 24 Mar 202579 Lovelace Avenue Solihull B91 3JR
Received 1 Apr 202521 Lakeside Drive Monkspath Solihull B90 4SX
Received 31 Mar 2025Greenacre Shirley Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LE
Received 28 Mar 202584 Pierce Avenue Solihull B92 7JZ
Received 1 Apr 202593 Park Hall Crescent Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9SU
Received 31 Mar 202526 Digby Drive Marston Green Solihull B37 7DU
Received 31 Mar 20252 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 1 Apr 2025343 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1BQ
Received 1 Apr 202534 Sandhills Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3UE
Received 2 Apr 20256 Westfield Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8DY
Received 24 Mar 202516 Sandy Hill Road Shirley Solihull B90 2EP
Received 2 Apr 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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