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.
5,182 approved · 637 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Oak Farm Hampton Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B92 0JB
Received 24 Jun 2025Arran Medical Centre Mull Croft Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0PU
Received 25 Jun 2025314 Bradford Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9AD
Received 25 Jun 2025292 Cranmore Boulevard Shirley Solihull B90 4QE
Received 25 Jun 2025175 Needlers End Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AA
Received 19 Jun 202565 Marlborough Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0EJ
Received 25 Jun 202538 Whitefields Road Solihull B91 3NX
Received 25 Jun 202522 Fentham Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BB
Received 25 Jun 2025Rough Close Tanners Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7DD
Received 25 Jun 202546 Station Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FL
Received 25 Jun 202517 Park Avenue Solihull B91 3EJ
Received 25 Jun 202534 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AF
Received 26 Jun 2025Oakfield House 478 Station Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HE
Received 26 Jun 202533 Ashwell Drive Shirley Solihull B90 3LR
Received 26 Jun 202514 Rushbury Close Shirley Solihull B90 3LD
Received 26 Jun 202555 Ebrington Avenue Elmdon Solihull B92 8HX
Received 26 Jun 2025Post Office 75 Main Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7LP
Received 26 Jun 20251622A High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0JU
Received 26 Jun 2025176 Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EW
Received 26 Jun 202533 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AF
Received 26 Jun 202570 Charingworth Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8HY
Received 27 Jun 202589 Cropthorne Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JL
Received 27 Jun 2025Land Located Off The B4102 Meriden Road To The East Of Diddington Lane And West Of The River Blythe SSSI.
Received 24 Jun 2025213 Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull B90 4BZ
Received 27 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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