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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.
5,550 approved · 675 refused · 190 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
94 Widney Lane Solihull B91 3LL
Received 9 Jul 2026Land Off Webb Grove Hockley Heath Solihull
Received 9 Jul 202612 Rushford Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4UF
Received 10 Jul 2026Land On South West Side Of Warwick Road Chadwick End Solihull
Received 10 Jul 2026266 Haslucks Green Road Shirley Solihull B90 2LR
Received 10 Jul 20263 Hollywood Works Close Shirley Solihull B90 1EP
Received 7 Jul 2026Elmdon Benton Green Lane Berkswell Solihull CV7 7AX
Received 10 Jul 2026Johnsons Car Showroom Highlands Road Shirley Solihull B90 4NU
Received 10 Jul 202622 Links Drive Solihull B91 2DL
Received 21 Jun 2026Jaguar Land Rover Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NW
Received 10 Jul 202657 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8DZ
Received 10 Jul 2026Solihull Methodist Church Hall Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1LG
Received 11 Jul 2026155 St. Bernards Road Olton Solihull B92 7DH
Received 13 Jul 20261A The Grove Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0HD
Received 13 Jul 202638 Evenlode Road Solihull B92 8EN
Received 8 Jul 202693 Prospect Lane Solihull B91 1HS
Received 13 Jul 202611 Stockley Crescent Shirley Solihull B90 3SW
Received 9 Jul 2026Thornwick 11 Eastcote Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AS
Received 13 Jul 202626 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RG
Received 19 Jun 202683 Three Acres Lane Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1NZ
Received 13 Jul 202673 Wichnor Road Solihull B92 7QA
Received 14 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To 23 Nichols Close Solihull B92 0PX
Received 22 Jun 2026Land At Netherwood Lane Chadwick End Solihull
Received 8 Jul 2026Crowne Plaza 61 Homer Road Solihull B91 3QD
Received 7 Jul 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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