New housing in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
We read Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 18,759 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 92 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 53% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 53% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 18,759
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 28 | 3 |
| 2025 | 86 | 51 | 13 |
| 2024 | 58 | 46 | 4 |
| 2023 | 78 | 48 | 19 |
| 2022 | 67 | 49 | 12 |
| 2021 | 65 | 44 | 9 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,600 | Mell Square Solihill Environmental Impact Asessment Scoping Opinion for the regeneration of the 6.2ha site through the delivery of a residential led mixed-use development including up to 1,600 residential units, alongside up to 52,751sqm of… PL/2024/02509/EISCOP | At appeal | 29 Oct 2024 |
| 850 | Land Off Norton Lane Earlswood Solihull Outline planning application comprising up to 850 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), a mixed-use local centre (Flexible Class E/F2), associated car parking, public open space, hard and soft landscaping, SUDS, flood… PL/2025/01937/MAODW | At appeal | 14 Oct 2025 |
| 850 | Land South Of Norton Lane, Tidbury Green Request for EIA Scoping Opinion for development of up to 850 dwellings including affordable housing (Use Class C3); with potential supporting uses including a care/retirement home accommodation (Use Class C2); food and… PL/2025/00723/EISCOP | At appeal | 9 Apr 2025 |
| 700 | Land South Of Broad Lane Solihull EIA Screening Opinion request for proposed Hawkhurst residential development of up to 700 dwellings. PL/2024/01654/EIASCR | At appeal | 14 Aug 2024 |
| 600 | Hawkshurst Moor Farm Broad Lane Berkswell Solihull Outline planning application with means of vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Broad Lane for consideration and all other matters (layout, appearance, scale, internal access and landscaping) reserved for… PL/2025/01182/PPOL | At appeal | 13 Jun 2025 |
| 550 | Land North Of Norton Lane And East Of Rumbush Lane, Tidbury Green Outline application for up to 550 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), a primary school, care home (Use Class C2) with ancillary Class E, public open space, hard and soft landscaping, SUDS, and highways works, with all… PL/2026/01811/PPOL | At appeal | 21 Sept 2026 |
| 450 | Land South Of Tythe Barn Lane Shirley Solihull Outline application for erection of up to 450 dwellings (Class C3), including affordable housing and custom/self-build homes, together with a care or retirement home accommodation (Class C2); vehicular accesses from… PL/2023/02656/PPOL | At appeal | 20 Dec 2023 |
| 330 | Trevallion Stud Wootton Green Lane Balsall Common Solihull CV7 7BQ Screening Opinion under Regulation 6(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) to confirm whether or not there is a requirement for an Environmental Impact… PL/2025/00441/EIASCR | At appeal | 11 Mar 2025 |
| 200 | Land Off Dickens Heath Road, Tidbury Green, Solihull EIA Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environment Impact Assessment) (EIA) Regulations 2017 (the EIA Regulations) relating to the proposed redevelopment for up to 200… PL/2025/01458/EIASCR | At appeal | 25 Jul 2025 |
| 200 | Land At Arden Green Solihull Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access, for residential development for up to 200 dwellings, including affordable housing, with means of access from Tilehouse Lane for consideration and… PL/2025/01402/PPOL | At appeal | 17 Jul 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.