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.
5,668 approved · 679 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
936 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8LW
Received 28 Sept 2026Caravan Cleobury Lane Earlswood Solihull B94 6AF
Received 23 Sept 2026Old Warwick Court Old Warwick Road Olton Solihull B92 7JT
Received 28 Sept 2026Land Off Warwick Road Knowle Solihull B93 0BP
Received 23 Sept 20267 Giles Close Solihull B92 9QE
Received 28 Sept 202616 Woodperry Avenue Hillfield Solihull B91 3GN
Received 29 Sept 2026Golden Acres Rowood Drive Solihull B92 9NG
Received 29 Sept 2026Land Adjacent 16 Kixley Lane Knowle Solihull B93 0JG
Received 29 Sept 2026Nailcote Lodge 217 Duggins Lane Berkswell Solihull CV4 9GP
Received 29 Sept 2026Tahchee 14 The Grove Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0HD
Received 29 Sept 2026144 Old Station Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0HF
Received 30 Sept 2026Land Between 101A And 103 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull
Received 23 Sept 2026114 Woodrow Crescent Knowle Solihull B93 9EQ
Received 25 Sept 2026Knowle Village Cricket Club Hampton Road Knowle Solihull B93 0NX
Received 30 Sept 202624 Naseby Road Solihull B91 2DR
Received 30 Sept 2026Zinc House Bickenhill Lane Catherine De Barnes Solihull B92 0DE
Received 1 Oct 202630 Knowlands Road Monkspath Solihull B90 4UG
Received 1 Oct 202610 Blythe Way Solihull B91 3EY
Received 1 Oct 202631 Meeting House Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7FX
Received 1 Oct 20261673 - 1675 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LL
Received 1 Oct 202671 Sharmans Cross Road Solihull B91 1RQ
Received 1 Oct 20266 Park Road Solihull B91 3SU
Received 2 Oct 202666 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HZ
Received 5 Oct 202664 Manor Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8HZ
Received 5 Oct 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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