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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.
5,182 approved · 637 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Solihull College And University Centre Woodlands Campus Auckland Drive Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0NF
Received 2 Jul 2025112 Summerfield Road Solihull B92 8PZ
Received 2 Jul 202516 Morville Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8SZ
Received 25 Jun 2025Braggs Farm Cottage Braggs Farm Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1RD
Received 2 Jul 2025Windsor Lodge Mickleton Road Olton Solihull B92 7EP
Received 3 Jul 202549 Wells Green Road Solihull B92 7PG
Received 3 Jul 20252 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AE
Received 2 Jul 202536 Ludworth Avenue Marston Green Solihull B37 7FS
Received 3 Jul 2025Hampton Manor Shadowbrook Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0EN
Received 3 Jul 20258 Wychwood Avenue Knowle Solihull B93 9DA
Received 3 Jul 202515 Goodway Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9DH
Received 3 Jul 2025326 Hobs Moat Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8JT
Received 3 Jul 202528 Farmstead Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9EX
Received 3 Jul 202521 Corley Close Shirley Solihull B90 1AL
Received 4 Jul 202516 Broadfern Road Knowle Solihull B93 9DD
Received 4 Jul 2025Crescent Arcade Touchwood Solihull Homer Road Solihull B91 3GJ
Received 4 Jul 2025Crescent Arcade Touchwood Solihull Homer Road Solihull B91 3GJ
Received 4 Jul 2025Red Lion Square Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3AX
Received 2 Jul 2025Woodfield Farm Norton Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5LS
Received 4 Jul 202530 Cranmore Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HJ
Received 26 Jun 202514 Old Dickens Heath Road Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1SD
Received 4 Jul 2025Willoby Watlands Bickenhill Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7EY
Received 7 Jul 202511 Daylesford Road Solihull B92 8EH
Received 7 Jul 2025Woodside Solihull Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0ET
Received 7 Jul 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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