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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Planning Applications

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312Applications (90 days)
6Major applications
83%Approval rate
43 daysMedian decision time
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PL/2026/01542/PPFLInstitutional£500k–1m

Berryfields Farm Berkswell Road Meriden Solihull CV7 7LB

Change of use and conversion of part of existing agricultural building to children's day nursery with associated ancillary development (including demolition of existing buildings, landscaping and park

Pending
PL/2026/01568/MINFHOHouseholder£50k–100k

12 Dunton Hall Road Shirley Solihull B90 2RA

First floor side extension, front porch and new garage to replace lean-to.

Pending
PL/2026/01577/PNHHouseholder£10k–50k

229 Longmore Road Shirley Solihull B90 3EP

Prior notification for a ground floor rear extension measuring 4m beyond the original rear wall, at a maximum height of 3.6m, and measuring 2.9m at the eaves.

Pending
PL/2026/01572/MINFHOHouseholder£50k–100k

Woodside Solihull Road Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0ET

Two storey rear extension, side extension, loft conversion and roof lift, with the overall roof height not exceeding the existing roof height.

Pending
PL/2026/01569/NONMCHouseholder

97 Dorridge Road Dorridge Solihull B93 8BS

Non-material amendment following planning approval PL/2023/02667/MINFHO dated 22.3.2024 for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling and new automatic entrance gates to frontage. Namely: The ar

Pending
PL/2026/01566/CLOPUDHouseholder

255 Station Road Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7EG

Certificate of lawful development for proposed new glazing to first floor.

Pending
PL/2026/01545/CLOPUDHouseholder

6 Cryersoak Close Monkspath Solihull B90 4UW

Certificate of lawful development for proposed garage.

Pending
PL/2026/01555/MINFHOHouseholder£50k–100k

94 Tanworth Lane Shirley Solihull B90 4DF

Single storey side/rear garage, dining, sitting room, utility & wetroom extension.

Pending
PL/2026/01443/MINFHOHouseholder£50k–100k

24 Poundley Close Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9SZ

Retention of a single storey outbuilding within the rear garden and alterations to the roof design of the approved two storey rear extension (Planning approval PL/2025/01668/MINFHO).

Pending
PL/2026/01460/PPFLResidential£500k–1m

211 Elmdon Lane Marston Green Solihull B37 7DT

Demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of five apartments over 2.5 storeys, with repositioned vehicular access and separate pedestrian access, incorporating visibility splays and internal tu

Not Applicable
PL/2026/01531/MINFHOHouseholder£10k–50k

102 Park Hall Crescent Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9SU

First floor front extension.

Pending
PL/2026/01399/VARResidential£500k–1m

Elvers Green Farm Elvers Green Lane Knowle Solihull B93 0AA

Amendments to planning permission PL/2023/01712/PPFL dated 06.10.2023 for demolition and conversion of existing agricultural buildings to allow formation of 3 No. dwellings and associated works in lie

Not Applicable
PL/2026/01513/TPOOther

Birchy House 102 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL

Tree 1 Oak and Tree 2 Oak - Fell and remove.

Pending
PL/2026/01447/PPTREEOther

32 Kineton Green Road Olton Solihull B92 7EB

1 and 2 Cherry trees - Crown lift to 2 metres clearance above ground level to remove lower branches and clear the pedestrian path. 3 Cotoneaster tree - Fell to ground level. 4 Crab apple tree - Fell t

Pending
PL/2026/01452/TPOOther

42 Ludworth Avenue Marston Green Solihull B37 7FS

Repollard 3 No. lime trees back to the previous established pollard points and remove basal/sucker growth from the lower stems and base of the trees as required.

Pending

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Planning appeals in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

When Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, raw rate

32.2%

of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand

Expected for this mix of appeals

29.5%

what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload

2.7 percentage points above expected. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.

479 appeals counted, 463 judged either way (149 allowed, 314 dismissed), 16 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.

By kind of appeal

Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council appeal outcomes by appeal type, with the national rate for each type
Appeal typeCasesJudgedAllowedThis councilNational
Planning Appeal2562538433.2%28.8%
Householder (HAS)1261255040%35.6%
Enforcement Notice4839615.4%13.5%
Tree Preservation Order121100%20.6%
Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)1010440%33.3%
Lawful Development Certificate1010330%36.9%
Advertisement Appeal9900%36%
Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal441Too few judged25%
High Hedges210Too few judged28.5%
Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts)111Too few judged27.6%
Rights of Way Opposed Orders100None judgedNot published

“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.

Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.

Money behind development in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Developer contributions at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Developers pay into the Community Infrastructure Levy at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, each sum tied to a purpose written into the agreement. The council's own register records what has been collected, what has been spent and what is left.

£16,384,026
Collected
£15,131,965
Available, per the register

That figure is the register's own Available column, reproduced rather than recalculated. It is money the council has banked against a purpose written into a signed agreement and has not paid out. It is not money the council is free to spend on something else, and it is not a sum any reader can apply for. Councils differ in whether they also deduct money already earmarked to a specific project, so read it against the Spent and Allocated columns on the register itself rather than as a single national measure.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council developer contributions by purpose
PurposeCollectedAvailable
CIL (unallocated receipts)£15,564,825£14,580,714
Monitoring and administration£819,202£551,251

Source: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's Community Infrastructure Levy register, read on 27 August 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own covenant wording, which differs between authorities. Wording that is specific to this council, such as the name of a local fund, is grouped under other local categories.

Affordable housing grant in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.

5
Confirmed schemes
93
Homes
£5,569,800
Grant requested
  • Social rent43 homes
  • Shared ownership50 homes

Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.

About Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.

SiteLens tracks the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council planning register daily and enriches every new application automatically. Each is AI-classified by category and trade, given an estimated value band and a plain-English project brief, mapped, and checked against constraint flags like flood zones, conservation areas and green belt. Where an application names an agent, SiteLens shows the firm and matches companies to Companies House. Pro adds the applicant's name, the directors and company health behind each match, and the agent's direct email and phone where the council or firm publishes them, so you know who to speak to about the scheme.

You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council planning portal.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council approval rates by application type

Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.

  • householder82% (130 decided)
  • other95% (20 decided)
  • infrastructure100% (10 decided)
  • residential50% (8 decided)

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