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5,188 approved · 638 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Green Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4LA
Received 31 Jul 202555 Reservoir Road Olton Solihull B92 8BA
Received 4 Aug 202516 Doveridge Close Olton Solihull B91 1ED
Received 5 Aug 202526 Hazeloak Road Shirley Solihull B90 2AZ
Received 4 Aug 2025Providence Cottage St. Peters Lane Bickenhill Solihull B92 0DP
Received 5 Aug 202518 And 20 Box Trees Lane Blythe Valley Park Shirley Solihull B90 8DE
Received 5 Aug 202527 Hurst Lane North Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0EY
Received 5 Aug 20254 Spilsbury Croft Hillfield Solihull B91 3UB
Received 5 Aug 2025Land Adjacent Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Blossomfield Road Solihull
Received 6 Aug 202554 Hanbury Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DN
Received 4 Aug 202545 Broad Oaks Road Solihull B91 1HY
Received 31 Jul 202521 Oakfields Way Catherine De Barnes Solihull B91 2TR
Received 6 Aug 202550 Lyndon Road Solihull B92 7RQ
Received 6 Aug 2025Packwood Barn 109 Grange Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8QX
Received 6 Aug 202570 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HW
Received 31 Jul 2025Oaklands Heronsbrook Farm Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0AU
Received 5 Aug 20254 St. Phillips Grove Bentley Heath Solihull B93 8FE
Received 6 Aug 202552 Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EX
Received 6 Aug 202579 Coleshill Road Marston Green Solihull B37 7HT
Received 4 Aug 20258 Timberlake Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4YT
Received 25 Jul 2025247 Cranmore Boulevard Shirley Solihull B90 4ZL
Received 7 Aug 20251 Woodlea Drive Solihull B91 1PE
Received 7 Aug 20259 Stanley Avenue Shirley Solihull B90 3NJ
Received 7 Aug 202535 Bradbury Road Olton Solihull B92 8AE
Received 8 Aug 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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