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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.
5,189 approved · 638 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Kelmarsh Drive Hillfield Solihull B91 3GU
Received 1 Sept 202515 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AE
Received 30 Aug 202573 Stoneleigh Road Olton Solihull B91 1DJ
Received 31 Aug 202570 Ullenhall Road Knowle Solihull B93 9JH
Received 1 Sept 2025Land Off Arbour Tree Lane Chadwick End Solihull
Received 20 Aug 20257 Ashleigh Road Solihull B91 1AE
Received 1 Sept 202571 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7DX
Received 1 Sept 2025634 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1LB
Received 1 Sept 20251761 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0LX
Received 2 Sept 202545 Antony Road Shirley Solihull B90 2NX
Received 2 Sept 202528 Four Ashes Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8LX
Received 1 Sept 2025151 Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B90 1QY
Received 2 Sept 2025Fulford Hall Farm Cottage Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B94 5LU
Received 2 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To 84 School Road Hockley Heath Solihull B94
Received 21 Aug 2025104 Dorridge Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BP
Received 28 Aug 2025Land Rear Of 27A Alderbrook Road Solihull
Received 3 Sept 202567 Blandford Avenue Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9JB
Received 3 Sept 20252 Cheveridge Close Hillfield Solihull B91 3TT
Received 3 Sept 20251 Collister Close Shirley Solihull B90 3NA
Received 3 Sept 2025Flat 1 61 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3NB
Received 3 Sept 202517 Luddington Road Solihull B92 9QH
Received 3 Sept 202542 Station Road Solihull B91 3RX
Received 3 Sept 2025148 Colebrook Road Shirley Solihull B90 1AY
Received 3 Sept 202556 Ashlawn Crescent Solihull B91 1PS
Received 4 Sept 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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