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.
5,225 approved · 642 refused · 176 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
105 Grange Road Olton Solihull B91 1BZ
Received 15 Dec 2025Jaguar Land Rover Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NW
Received 16 Dec 20254 Drybrooks Close Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7PY
Received 16 Dec 202523 Whitefields Gate Hillfield Solihull B91 3GE
Received 16 Dec 2025Land East Of Joseph House Stratford Road Solihull
Received 12 Dec 2025Soho Tavern Marsh Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AH
Received 16 Dec 2025132 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3LH
Received 8 Dec 202527 Olton Road Shirley Solihull B90 3NF
Received 11 Dec 202523 Water Orton Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9ER
Received 11 Dec 20259 Dunham Croft Dorridge Solihull B93 8RZ
Received 16 Dec 2025299 Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1TD
Received 16 Dec 2025Land North Of Tythe Barn Lane Dickens Heath
Received 16 Dec 202548 Whitefields Road Solihull B91 3NX
Received 16 Dec 2025The Regency Hotel Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4EB
Received 17 Dec 2025141 - 143 Waterloo Avenue Fordbridge Solihull B37 6QE
Received 17 Dec 202534 Brueton Avenue Solihull B91 3EN
Received 17 Dec 202516 Danford Lane Solihull B91 1QD
Received 15 Dec 202521 Blythe Way Solihull B91 3EY
Received 17 Dec 2025301 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1RS
Received 24 Nov 202547 Over Green Drive Kingshurst Solihull B37 6EZ
Received 18 Dec 2025123 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9AN
Received 18 Dec 2025123 Widney Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 9AN
Received 18 Dec 2025The Rectory Meriden Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BE
Received 18 Dec 202534 Windsor Drive Elmdon Solihull B92 8HS
Received 18 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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