Solihull planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, updated daily. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council received 219 planning applications in the last 90 days, 2 of them major schemes. 87% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 55 days.
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Recent applications in Solihull
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574 Tanworth Lane Cheswick Green Solihull B90 4JE
Replacement dwelling scheme, Cheswick Green, Solihull, full application stage. Demolishes an existing house and erects one replacement home on a 0.1 hectare plot. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and M&E packages lead, with drainage and roofing to follow for local subcontractors.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
152 Widney Manor Road Solihull B91 3JJ
Single replacement dwelling, Solihull, at full application stage. Demolition of the existing house and erection of one new dwelling on a 0.08-hectare plot. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing packages suit local subcontractors, with M&E and drainage to follow.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
Land Between 101A And 103 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull
Single new dwelling on infill plot, Shirley, Solihull, full application. Erects one new home on a gap site between 101A and 103 Stanway Road, at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and M&E packages suit local trade contractors on this single-plot build.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Knowle Village Cricket Club Hampton Road Knowle Solihull B93 0NX
Cricket net facility relocation and new two-lane enclosed net building, Knowle. Relocates existing nets and erects a new 33m × 7.5m × 4m high fully enclosed facility at full application stage. Steel frame, polycarbonate cladding and specialist sports flooring drive the build, with drainage and…
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
480 Lode Lane Solihull B92 8NU
Two-storey householder extension with loft dormer, Solihull. Retrospective full application resubmitting PL/2024/01005/MINFHO for side and rear extensions plus a rear dormer. Works are largely built, so roofing, dormer joinery and glazing finishing trades are the likely openings for specialist…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
42 Widney Manor Road Solihull B91 3JQ
Two-storey extension with roof conversion and rear addition, Solihull. Adds two floors (one in roof space) and a ground-floor rear extension to an existing house at full application stage. Roofing, structural steelwork, and dormer joinery lead the package, with glazing and M&E throughout.
RoofingStructural frameSteel
18 Cherry Drive Tidbury Green Solihull B90 1UP
Two-storey side and rear extensions with front extension and solar, Solihull. Adds two storeys to the side and rear, a single-storey front extension, and a dormer with rooftop solar at full householder stage. Structural steelwork, multi-trade fit-out and renewable packages open concurrently, with…
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
1673 - 1675 High Street Knowle Solihull B93 0LL
Ground-floor bar converting to office use, Solihull High Street. Changes Sui generis bar space to Class E(g)(i) office at full application stage. Fit-out, partitioning, M&E rewiring and glazing packages suit specialist installers on a town-centre conversion.
Fit-outM&EGlazing
40 Ravenscroft Road Olton Solihull B92 8AH
Multi-element householder extensions and loft dormer retention, Solihull, full stage. Retains already-built front, side, rear and loft extensions at an Olton house, with a dormer and Juliet balconies. Brickwork, roofing and glazing trades could be engaged to regularise or finish the pitched roofs…
BrickworkRoofingJoinery
153 Marshall Lake Road Shirley Solihull B90 4RB
Two-storey rear and single-storey side extension, Shirley, Solihull. Adds rear and side living space to an existing house at full householder application stage. Brickwork, roof works, groundworks and glazing packages suit local householder subcontractors, with steel over new openings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
85 Velsheda Road Shirley Solihull B90 2JP
Certificate of lawfulness for a hip-to-gable loft conversion, Solihull. Confirms the gable and rear dormer works at 85 Velsheda Road, Shirley are permitted development. Works can start without a planning decision, so roofing, joinery and steel packages can be placed quickly.
742 Old Lode Lane Elmdon Solihull B92 8NH
Single-storey front, side and rear extension, Solihull. Wraps an existing house on three elevations at full householder stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks lead, with steel over wider openings and glazing to the new rooms.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
13 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JD
Single-storey front and rear extension with raised side roof, Shirley, Solihull. Extends a house and rebuilds a side roof to match new ridge height at full householder stage. Brickwork, roofing and steel over new openings are the main packages, with glazing to follow.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
13 Stanway Road Shirley Solihull B90 3JD
Lawful development certificate for a Shirley loft conversion, Solihull. Confirms the hip-to-gable roof change, rear flat-roof dormer and front Velux need no full planning permission. Roofing, joinery and steel packages are the ones to target once the owner commits to build.
11 Neville Road Castle Bromwich Solihull B36 9HP
Single-storey front and side extension, Castle Bromwich, Solihull. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house at full householder stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks for the foundations lead, with glazing and joinery for the new openings.
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Planning appeals in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, raw rate
32.2%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.5%
national rates applied to this caseload
2.7 percentage points above expected. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
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
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 33.2% | 28.8% | 256 | 253 | 84 |
| Householder (HAS) | 40% | 35.6% | 126 | 125 | 50 |
| Enforcement Notice | 15.4% | 13.5% | 48 | 39 | 6 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 0% | 20.6% | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 40% | 33.3% | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 30% | 36.9% | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 0% | 36% | 9 | 9 | 0 |
4 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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 in the agreement.
Available is the register's own figure: money banked against a purpose in a signed agreement and not yet paid out. Councils differ on whether it excludes earmarked sums.
| Purpose | Collected | Available |
|---|---|---|
| CIL (unallocated receipts) | £15,581,766 | £14,597,655 |
| Monitoring and administration | £820,093 | £552,143 |
Source: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's Community Infrastructure Levy register, read on 3 November 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 wording.
Affordable housing grant in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent43 homes
- Shared ownership50 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder84% (276 decided)
- other98% (44 decided)
- residential71% (24 decided)
- infrastructure94% (16 decided)
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