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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
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,045Searchable applications
470Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 6,215 approved or refused records
674Refused applications
5,541 approved · 674 refused · 190 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2019 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Emerging Local PlanPre-application advice Pre-application discussionsConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@solihull.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- DecidedPL/2026/01251/VAR
Removal of Condition No. 4 following planning approval PL/2024/01439/PPFL dated 09.01.2025 for change of use from C3 to C2 residential care home (Small scale residential children's home).
43 Westbourne Road Olton Solihull B92 8AT
Received 6 Jul 2026 - UnknownPL/2026/01252/PNCUDW
Prior notification for change of use from agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling.
Agricultural Building Back Lane Farm Back Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LD
Received 26 Jun 2026 - UnknownPL/2026/01254/PNH
Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension measuring 6m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum height of 3m, and measuring 2.8m at the eaves.
119 Summerfield Road Solihull B92 8PZ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - UnknownPL/2026/01255/PNCUDW
Prior notification for change of use from agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling.
Silver Birch Barn To Rear Of Cleobury Lane Earlswood Solihull
Received 29 Jun 2026 - UnknownPL/2026/01256/PNH
Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension measuring 6m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum height of 2.95m, and measuring 2.8m at the eaves.
20 Cranmore Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HJ
Received 30 Jun 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01258/MINFHO
Installation of new dropped kerb to align with residential homeowner driveway.
57 Richmond Road Olton Solihull B92 7RR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01259/NONMC
Non-material amendment to planning permission PL/2021/03321/PPFL dated 25 February 2025 for demolition of existing buildings and erection of a Class E (a) Food retail store, with associated access, car parking and landscaping. Namely: Non-material amendment to include the timber cladding in a natural colour form that will go gradually go grey.
52 Kenilworth Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EX
Received 26 Jun 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01260/NONMC
Amendments to planning permission dated 30/09/2025 reference PL/2025/01536/MINFHO for a part two storey, part single storey side extension and single storey front and rear extensions. Namely: To change of the false side pitch roof to a flat roof, double door has been replaced with a single window, addition of 2 No. bow windows to front elevation and amendments to front porch and relocation of rear bathroom window.
15 Chelveston Crescent Hillfield Solihull B91 3YB
Received 30 Jun 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01261/NONMC
Non-material amendment following planning approval PL/2025/01705/MINFHO dated 5.11.2025 for single storey rear extension, garage conversion, dormer loft conversion to rear and window dormers to front. Namely: Change to front bay windows and change in first floor bedroom windows and render finish to existing and proposed side gable facades.
268 Haslucks Green Road Shirley Solihull B90 2LR
Received 1 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01262/MINFHO
Single storey extension to the rear.
32 Whitefields Gate Hillfield Solihull B91 3GE
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionPL/2026/01264/MINFHO
Two storey side extension, part two storey, part single storey rear extension and single storey front extension.
161 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EQ
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionPL/2026/01265/COU
Change of use of existing ground floor plan from current retail Class E to a sui generis use for hot food pizza takaway and fume extractor canopy with high velocity discharge cowl 1m above eaves to rear elevation.
2 Hurst Lane North Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 0EU
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01266/CLOPUD
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed demolition of existing shed and construction of rear storage building.
Springfields Bickenhill Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7EY
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionPL/2026/01267/MINFHO
Front first floor extension, removal of existing bay window, external material alterations from brick to render and grey cladding, rear ground floor extension, hip-to-gable roof conversion, new rear dormer, and loft conversion.
437 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1BD
Received 8 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01268/MINFHO
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension.
20 The Crescent Solihull B91 1JP
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionPL/2026/01269/TPO
Felling of T1 cedar tree down to ground level (Marked as T1). Grind stump out. Replacement tree recommendations: x 1 liquidambar tree or x 1 acer (Japanese maple) or rowan/mountain ash tree (Sorbus aucuparia).
16 Beconsfield Close Dorridge Solihull B93 8QZ
Received 8 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01270/MINFHO
Provision of entrance porch and internal alterations to form larger study.
2 Oaken Drive Solihull B91 1RJ
Received 8 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01271/MINFHO
Single storey side and rear extension. Loft conversion with rear dormer. New vehicle access crossing.
18 Browns Coppice Avenue Solihull B91 1PL
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionPL/2026/01272/DIS
Discharge of conditions 8 (Demolition and Construction Environmental Management Plan), 9 (Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Plan), 10 (external lighting), 11 (scheme for biodiversity enhancement), 14 (Construction Ecological Management Plan), 15 (Arboricultural Method Statement) and 16 (proposed tree planting) of permission PL/2025/02178/PPFL dated 17.04.2026 for Partial redevelopment of existing petrol filling station; including extension to the existing sales building, the provision of car parking spaces; erection of a compound; landscaping and associated works.
386 Warwick Road Silhill Solihull B91 1BB
Received 9 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01273/MINFHO
Minor alterations to the front elevation, removal of the chimney stack, and associated internal alterations.
130 Shakespeare Drive Shirley Solihull B90 2AR
Received 9 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01274/MINFHO
Single storey side and rear extension.
14 Green Lane Shirley Solihull B90 1AA
Received 9 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01275/MINFHO
Ramp to front elevation, and curved step on driveway removed.
15 Digby Drive Marston Green Solihull B37 7DU
Received 9 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01276/CLOPUD
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey rear extension.
15 Digby Drive Marston Green Solihull B37 7DU
Received 9 Jul 2026 - DecidedPL/2026/01277/CLOPUD
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey extension.
74 Redlands Road Solihull B91 2LT
Received 9 Jul 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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