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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.
5,164 approved · 634 refused · 173 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2019 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ardenlea Court Nursing Home 39 - 41 Lode Lane Solihull B91 2AF
Received 24 May 2025Mulberry Place 212 Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1NT
Received 26 May 2025Solihull Methodist Church Hall Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1LG
Received 27 May 202512 Hitherside Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1RT
Received 27 May 202597 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HT
Received 26 May 202530 Thurlston Avenue Solihull B92 7NY
Received 27 May 202591 Dorridge Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BS
Received 22 May 2025The Coach House Berkswell Hall Meriden Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BG
Received 21 May 2025Tidbury Green Farm Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B90 1QZ
Received 27 May 202564 Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull B90 4DR
Received 27 May 20251350 Yardley Wood Road Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1JT
Received 28 May 2025Tidbury Green Farm Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B90 1QZ
Received 28 May 2025The Coach House Berkswell Hall Meriden Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BG
Received 21 May 2025The Coach House Berkswell Hall Meriden Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BG
Received 21 May 202537 Southfield Avenue Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9BA
Received 27 May 2025Berkswell Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LH
Received 20 May 2025Fentham Lodge Marsh Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AH
Received 23 May 20253 Rodborough Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EB
Received 28 May 202582 Cheswick Way Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4HG
Received 25 May 2025598 Chester Road Solihull B36 0LH
Received 28 May 202556 Coverdale Road Solihull B92 7NU
Received 27 May 20255 White House Way Solihull B91 1SR
Received 28 May 2025Jaguar Land Rover Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NW
Received 28 May 2025Site 1 Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull
Received 28 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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