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.
5,131 approved · 633 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Charles Road Shirley Solihull B91 1TR
Received 9 Apr 202518 Wardour Drive Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 7UA
Received 10 Apr 20258 Tyberry Close Shirley Solihull B90 2PG
Received 9 Apr 20253 Gipsy Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FW
Received 15 Apr 2025168 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9BH
Received 16 Apr 20252 Croft Down Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9BD
Received 16 Apr 2025Hampton Manor Shadowbrook Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0EN
Received 16 Apr 2025Hampton Manor Shadowbrook Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0EN
Received 16 Apr 2025138 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HP
Received 16 Apr 2025Land Off Maxstoke Lane Meriden Solihull
Received 16 Apr 2025212 Bradford Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9AA
Received 17 Apr 2025Wharf Inn 2390 Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6QT
Received 17 Apr 202584 Earlswood Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8RH
Received 18 Apr 2025232 Lode Lane Solihull B91 2HS
Received 19 Apr 202521 Haslucks Croft Shirley Solihull B90 2EG
Received 19 Apr 20253 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7AU
Received 19 Apr 2025Muddy Paws Enclosed Field School Road Illshaw Heath Cheswick B94 6RP
Received 19 Apr 2025Arbour Tree Farm Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0BE
Received 17 Apr 20256 Coombe Road Shirley Solihull B90 3DS
Received 9 Apr 2025Land Along Riddings Hill Balsall Common Solihull
Received 9 Apr 2025408 Tilehouse Lane Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1PX
Received 22 Apr 2025Land At Heron Bank Farm Spencers Lane Berkswell Solihull
Received 22 Apr 202574 Elmdon Park Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9HB
Received 17 Apr 2025120 Highlands Road Shirley Solihull B90 4NU
Received 22 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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