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.
5,398 approved · 658 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The West Of Henbury Drive, Chelmsley Wood
Received 14 Apr 202611 Elford Grove Marston Green Solihull B37 7RN
Received 15 Apr 20265 Clairvaux Gardens Solihull B92 7FD
Received 15 Apr 20266 Rowthorn Drive Monkspath Solihull B90 4ST
Received 15 Apr 202625 Everitt Drive Knowle Solihull B93 9EP
Received 15 Apr 20262 Marlborough Court Marlborough Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0EH
Received 13 Apr 20266 Burford Close Solihull B92 8EA
Received 10 Apr 202678 Redstone Farm Road Olton Solihull B28 9NL
Received 10 Apr 2026114 Newborough Road Shirley Solihull B90 2HF
Received 15 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To Oak House Back Lane Meriden Solihull
Received 15 Apr 2026Greenfield Holly Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EA
Received 15 Apr 2026Caravan Cleobury Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 6AF
Received 15 Apr 202653 Ufton Crescent Shirley Solihull B90 3SA
Received 15 Apr 20261471 Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 9LU
Received 15 Apr 20266 Hansell Drive Dorridge Solihull B93 8RQ
Received 15 Apr 2026Stone House Farm Riding School And Livery Stables Harvest Hill Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7HP
Received 15 Apr 202611 Stapenhall Road Monkspath Solihull B90 4XX
Received 16 Apr 202667 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DF
Received 16 Apr 202659 Kinsham Drive Hillfield Solihull B91 3UG
Received 16 Apr 202699 Seven Star Road Solihull B91 2BZ
Received 16 Apr 202677 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL
Received 15 Apr 20266 Ragley Close Knowle Solihull B93 9NU
Received 15 Apr 2026Croft Pharmacy 3 Hedingham Grove Chelmsley Wood Solihull B37 7TP
Received 17 Apr 20262 Ravenscroft Road Olton Solihull B92 8AH
Received 17 Apr 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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