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.
5,188 approved · 637 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Severn Trent Rumbush Lane, Tidbury Green, Metropolitan Borough Of Solihull, West B94 5NA
Received 9 Jul 2025West Midlands Golf Club Marsh House Farm Lane Barston Solihull B92 0LB
Received 18 Jun 2025Kidpile Farm Rumbush Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5JR
Received 10 Jul 202536 Charles Road Shirley Solihull B91 1TS
Received 10 Jul 20257 Thornby Avenue Solihull B91 2BJ
Received 10 Jul 20251021 Warwick Road Solihull B91 3HG
Received 10 Jul 2025780 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8NH
Received 8 Jul 202537 Arden Vale Road Knowle Solihull B93 9NW
Received 8 Jul 2025Land West Of Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull
Received 11 Jul 202551 Ulleries Road Solihull B92 8DX
Received 6 Jul 202542 Ulleries Road Solihull B92 8EF
Received 14 Jul 2025The Root Cellar Barretts Lane Farm Barretts Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7GB
Received 14 Jul 2025Old School House St. Peters Lane Bickenhill Solihull B92 0DP
Received 14 Jul 2025Play Area Shepherds Green Road The Green Shirley Solihull
Received 14 Jul 2025215 Bradford Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9AG
Received 14 Jul 202560 Crimscote Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4TT
Received 15 Jul 202516 Besford Grove Monkspath Solihull B90 4YU
Received 15 Jul 2025109 Whitebeam Road Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 7PE
Received 14 Jul 2025Morrisons Store George Road Solihull B91 3BQ
Received 14 Jul 202542 Avenue Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LA
Received 15 Jul 202520 Marsham Court Road Solihull B91 2ET
Received 15 Jul 20253A Station Approach Dorridge Solihull B93 8JA
Received 15 Jul 2025129 Bradbury Road Olton Solihull B92 8AL
Received 7 Jul 202510 Woodlea Drive Solihull B91 1PG
Received 15 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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