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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.
5,181 approved · 637 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7AX
Received 19 Jun 20252194 Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6NU
Received 19 Jun 20255 Somerby Drive Hillfield Solihull B91 3YY
Received 19 Jun 202521 Kingsleigh Drive Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9DQ
Received 19 Jun 2025Fair Isaac House Starley Way Bickenhill Solihull B37 7GN
Received 19 Jun 2025412 Chester Road Solihull B36 0LF
Received 20 Jun 20253500 Solihull Parkway Marston Green Solihull B37 7YG
Received 20 Jun 2025Interchange Station Area B (Northern Part Of Land Known As The Triangle Site - Land North Of Middle Bickenhill Lane - Bounded By M42 & A452/A446, Land Between The A452 & A446 Chester Rd & Stonebridge Rd Intersection, A452 Chester Rd)
Received 19 Jun 202526 Lindridge Road Shirley Solihull B90 2QJ
Received 23 Jun 202516 The Croft Meriden Solihull CV7 7NQ
Received 23 Jun 20252 White House Way Solihull B91 1SE
Received 21 Jun 202516 Browns Coppice Avenue Solihull B91 1PL
Received 22 Jun 202547 Alderbrook Road Solihull B91 1NR
Received 23 Jun 2025Ladrum 80 Meeting House Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GE
Received 23 Jun 202534 Olton Road Shirley Solihull B90 3NE
Received 9 Jun 202573 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JF
Received 16 Jun 202541 Dene Court Road Olton Solihull B92 8DG
Received 18 Jun 202538 Falstaff Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AG
Received 4 Jun 2025Land Adjacent Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Blossomfield Road Solihull
Received 11 Jun 2025Land Off Maxstoke Lane Meriden Solihull
Received 12 Jun 202542 Ulleries Road Solihull B92 8EF
Received 16 Jun 2025Solihull Arden Club Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 23 Jun 2025Blossomfield Gardens 34 Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1NZ
Received 24 Jun 202514 Glendon Way Dorridge Solihull B93 8SY
Received 24 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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