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.
5,193 approved · 639 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 The Green Meriden Solihull CV7 7LN
Received 10 Sept 202524 Arbury Hall Road Shirley Solihull B90 4PY
Received 15 Sept 2025122 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3LJ
Received 15 Sept 2025213 Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull B90 4BZ
Received 15 Sept 202536 Dorchester Road Solihull B91 1LN
Received 15 Sept 2025319 Station Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8ET
Received 15 Sept 20256 Lodge Road Knowle Solihull B93 0HE
Received 15 Sept 202523 Lady Byron Lane Knowle Solihull B93 9AT
Received 15 Sept 2025Prince Of Wales High Street Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1JW
Received 5 Sept 2025187 Lode Lane Solihull B91 2HW
Received 16 Sept 202585 Daylesford Road Solihull B92 8EP
Received 7 Sept 2025101 Dorchester Road Solihull B91 1LJ
Received 10 Sept 2025Land Between The M42, A452 Chester Road, And Coleshill Heath Road. Closest Postcode B37 7YB
Received 15 Sept 2025Sewage Treatment Works Barston Lane Barston Solihull CV7 7BU
Received 16 Sept 202536 Old Croft Lane Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0AR
Received 16 Sept 202510A Hatchford Brook Road Elmdon Solihull B92 9AG
Received 16 Sept 202545 Willowbank Road Knowle Solihull B93 9QU
Received 16 Sept 2025Tidbury Green Farm Fulford Hall Road Earlswood Solihull B90 1QZ
Received 16 Sept 202585 Loxley Avenue Shirley Solihull B90 2QL
Received 17 Sept 202568 Ralph Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JU
Received 17 Sept 202522 Trehern Close Knowle Solihull B93 9HA
Received 18 Sept 202584 Hobs Moat Road Elmdon Solihull B92 8PF
Received 18 Sept 20254 Rodborough Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8ED
Received 18 Sept 202518 Aqueduct Road Solihull Lodge Solihull B90 1BT
Received 18 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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