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5,188 approved · 638 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EB
Received 9 Jul 2025Masons Arms 173 High Street Solihull B91 3ST
Received 15 Jul 2025Tudor Croft Tanners Green Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 5JT
Received 16 Jul 20257 Rushbury Close Shirley Solihull B90 3LD
Received 16 Jul 2025126A Norton Lane Earlswood Solihull B90 1QT
Received 16 Jul 2025Jaguar Land Rover Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NW
Received 16 Jul 202566 Station Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7BA
Received 16 Jul 2025161 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DH
Received 16 Jul 20256 Milford Grove Monkspath Solihull B90 4LU
Received 17 Jul 2025109 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DQ
Received 17 Jul 2025Premier Inn 2166 - 2168 Stratford Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94 6NX
Received 17 Jul 2025Land At Arden Green Solihull
Received 17 Jul 202585 Broad Oaks Road Solihull B91 1HY
Received 18 Jul 2025Woodhouse Farm Catherine De Barnes Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B92 0DJ
Received 18 Jul 2025389 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1BJ
Received 18 Jul 2025Coppice Wood Farm Norton Green Lane Knowle Solihull B93 8PH
Received 9 Jul 202519 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AE
Received 20 Jul 2025Lido House Sansome Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BJ
Received 20 Jul 202523 Beaminster Road Solihull B91 1NA
Received 21 Jul 2025Alexandra Court Hillborough Road Olton Solihull B27 6PF
Received 11 Jul 20251214 Yardley Wood Road Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1JY
Received 15 Jul 2025101 Dorchester Road Solihull B91 1LJ
Received 15 Jul 202538 Kixley Lane Knowle Solihull B93 0JG
Received 21 Jul 20259 Shalford Road Solihull B92 7NE
Received 16 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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