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.
5,229 approved · 643 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of Joseph House Stratford Road Shirley Solihull
Received 23 Dec 202570 Ladbrook Road Solihull B91 3RN
Received 23 Dec 202517 Yoxall Road Shirley Solihull B90 3SD
Received 23 Dec 202540 Vicarage Road Dorridge Solihull B94 6PS
Received 23 Dec 2025Land Off Lapwing Drive Hampton In Arden Solihull
Received 23 Dec 20251 Monkspath Hall Road Monkspath Solihull B90 4SJ
Received 23 Dec 2025Hollybush Farm Holly Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EB
Received 23 Dec 202520 Packwood Close Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8AW
Received 23 Dec 2025Barn Barretts Lane Farm Barretts Lane Balsall Common Solihull
Received 29 Dec 202544A Castle Lane Olton Solihull B92 8DD
Received 29 Dec 202542 Earlswood Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8RH
Received 29 Dec 202536 Temple Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LF
Received 29 Dec 202527 Finwood Close Solihull B92 9QN
Received 29 Dec 202545 The Crescent Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0BN
Received 29 Dec 202519 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AE
Received 29 Dec 2025Coppice Wood Farm Norton Green Lane Knowle Solihull B93 8PH
Received 29 Dec 2025Depot Adjacent Mayfield Clock Lane Bickenhill Solihull B92 0DX
Received 30 Dec 202519 Rowthorn Drive Monkspath Solihull B90 4ST
Received 30 Dec 2025152 Ulverley Green Road Olton Solihull B92 8AA
Received 30 Dec 202525 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 29 Dec 20257 Micklehill Drive Shirley Solihull B90 2PU
Received 30 Dec 2025Unit 500 Solar Park Highlands Road Shirley Solihull B90 4SH
Received 16 Dec 2025Land At Meer End Balsall Common Solihull
Received 19 Dec 202519 Welford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3HX
Received 21 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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