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.
5,170 approved · 635 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Winterbourne Road Solihull B91 1LU
Received 13 Jun 202565 Lovelace Avenue Solihull B91 3JR
Received 13 Jun 2025Tidbury Green Farm Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B90 1QZ
Received 13 Jun 202522 Mollington Crescent Shirley Solihull B90 3RG
Received 13 Jun 202573 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JF
Received 15 Jun 202528 Stonor Park Road Olton Solihull B91 1EH
Received 16 Jun 202528 Cranmore Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HJ
Received 16 Jun 202587 Silhill Hall Road Solihull B91 1JT
Received 16 Jun 202519 Brueton Avenue Solihull B91 3EN
Received 13 Jun 2025The Rectory Meriden Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BE
Received 13 Jun 20251817 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0DS
Received 6 Jun 2025Land Off Gentleshaw Lane Solihull
Received 16 Jun 202565 Lovelace Avenue Solihull B91 3JR
Received 16 Jun 2025Golden Acres Rowood Drive Solihull B92 9NG
Received 16 Jun 2025249 Station Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EG
Received 17 Jun 20256 Mill Lane Solihull B91 3AX
Received 17 Jun 202520 Welcombe Grove Solihull B91 1PD
Received 18 Jun 2025104 Stoneleigh Road Olton Solihull B91 1DJ
Received 18 Jun 202517 The Crescent Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BN
Received 18 Jun 202590 Prospect Lane Solihull B91 1HS
Received 9 Jun 202515 Peterbrook Rise Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1JH
Received 18 Jun 202526 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 18 Jun 202514 Brixfield Way Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1RQ
Received 19 Jun 202553 Campden Green Solihull B92 8HQ
Received 13 Jun 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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