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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.
5,149 approved · 634 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Wadleys Road Olton Solihull B91 1JJ
Received 7 May 202586 Radbourne Road Shirley Solihull B90 3RR
Received 9 May 20258 The Pines Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JS
Received 12 May 2025149 Dorridge Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BN
Received 12 May 2025Car Park 6 Jetstream Road Birmingham Airport Solihull
Received 12 May 2025392 Priory Road Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1BE
Received 12 May 2025Providence Lodge Bakers Lane Dorridge Solihull B93 0EA
Received 12 May 20251 The Greenway Marston Green Solihull B37 7DW
Received 13 May 202584 Browns Lane Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9BE
Received 13 May 2025Bear Inn Spencers Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BB
Received 13 May 202580 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7BP
Received 13 May 2025Unit 3 44 Brambles Crescent Blythe Valley Park Shirley Solihull B90 8DJ
Received 13 May 20258 Orchard Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6QR
Received 12 May 2025Ulverley School Rodney Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8RZ
Received 14 May 202530 Newton Road Knowle Solihull B93 9HN
Received 14 May 202529 Wherretts Well Lane Solihull B91 2SD
Received 14 May 202533 High Street Solihull B91 3SJ
Received 14 May 2025Land Between 101 And 103 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull
Received 13 May 2025196 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B90 3PQ
Received 14 May 202574 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EB
Received 2 May 2025175 Needlers End Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AA
Received 2 May 202536 Clinton Grove Shirley Solihull B90 4RS
Received 15 May 20252 Newton Road Knowle Solihull B93 9HL
Received 15 May 202514 Walcot Green Dorridge Solihull B93 8BU
Received 7 May 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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