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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.
5,218 approved · 641 refused · 176 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1701 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LN
Received 3 Dec 202534 Kingslea Road Shirley Solihull B91 1TP
Received 3 Dec 2025Jaguar Land Rover Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NW
Received 3 Dec 20251 Manor Road Solihull B91 2BH
Received 4 Dec 2025Four Ashes Golf Centre Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8NQ
Received 4 Dec 2025Chancel Court St Alphege Solihull
Received 4 Dec 202563 Alderbrook Road Solihull B91 1NR
Received 2 Dec 202517 New Street Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9AP
Received 4 Dec 202596 Selworthy Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0HR
Received 1 Dec 20251 Monkspath Hall Road Monkspath Solihull B90 4SJ
Received 5 Dec 2025213 Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull B90 4BZ
Received 5 Dec 20252 Blue Lake Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Three Maypoles Lodge Tythe Barn Lane Shirley Solihull B90 1PE
Received 5 Dec 202569 Danford Lane Solihull B91 1QH
Received 6 Dec 2025Site 1 Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull
Received 24 Oct 2025Land Off Windmill Lane Balsall Common Solihull
Received 8 Dec 2025639 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8LZ
Received 8 Dec 202517 Chester Road Solihull B36 9DA
Received 8 Dec 202592 Rodborough Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8EQ
Received 5 Dec 2025The Plough Beefeater And Travel Inn Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4EP
Received 8 Dec 20258 Speedwell Drive Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7AU
Received 8 Dec 202577 Arden Vale Road Knowle Solihull B93 9NE
Received 8 Dec 2025The Croft Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JU
Received 9 Dec 2025Land At Widney Manor Road Bentley Heath Solihull
Received 2 Dec 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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