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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.
5,257 approved · 646 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Cheltondale Road Olton Solihull B91 1EJ
Received 29 Jan 202661 Newlands Road Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8AU
Received 3 Feb 202610 Scott Grove Solihull B92 7LJ
Received 3 Feb 202623 Maple Leaf Drive Marston Green Solihull B37 7JB
Received 3 Feb 202637 Sandhills Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3UE
Received 30 Jan 202631 Anglesey Avenue Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0NT
Received 29 Jan 20267 Birchmoor Close Olton Solihull B28 9NS
Received 29 Jan 202660 Wichnor Road Solihull B92 7PX
Received 3 Feb 202612 Kittermaster Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7NA
Received 29 Jan 20263 Sambourn Close Solihull B91 2SA
Received 3 Feb 2026Beechwood Farm Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7DG
Received 30 Jan 202677 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7DX
Received 3 Feb 2026West Of Burton Green Adjacent To An Existing National Grid Substation (Berkswell)
Received 2 Feb 202641 Willowbank Road Knowle Solihull B93 9QU
Received 3 Feb 2026Lavender House 212 Main Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7NG
Received 3 Feb 202627 Monastery Drive Olton Solihull B91 1DW
Received 4 Feb 202619 Welford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3HX
Received 4 Feb 202610 Barcheston Road Knowle Solihull B93 9JS
Received 4 Feb 20264 Cambridge Avenue Solihull B91 1QE
Received 1 Feb 202653 Tomlinson Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HN
Received 2 Feb 202653 Tomlinson Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HN
Received 2 Feb 202643 Elmfield Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0HN
Received 4 Feb 20262 Agricultural Cottages Meriden Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7BE
Received 12 Dec 2025Canal View Home Farm Kenilworth Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AB
Received 4 Feb 2026Records 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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