Strategies - Planning and building control

Key information and guidance ensuring that Solihull develops in a way which is beneficial to all of us, and that the borough's buildings are constructed safely and in line with permissions:

Solihull Town Centre Masterplan

Solihull Council has developed a town centre Masterplan which will provide a blueprint for future investment and development in the town centre over the next twenty years.

Visit the Solihull Town Centre Masterplan page for more information.

Touchwood Extension, Solihull - Compulsory Purchase Order 2015

The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (Touchwood Extension, Solihull) Compulsory Purchase Order 2015: The Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

• Compulsory Purchase Order
• Plan
• Statement of Reasons
• Touchwood Impact Summary
• Guidance on Compulsory purchase process and The Crichel Down Rules for the disposal of surplus land acquired by, or under the threat of, compulsion
• National Planning Policy Framework
• Section 106 Agreement
• Solihull Local Plan 2013

Local Development Framework (LDF)

• LDF
  The LDF is a collection of documents which make up the statutory Development Plan for the borough.

Other guidance and information

• Building control information
• Gypsy and Traveller Site Allocations DPD
• Planning for homeowners
• Planning and building control for businesses
• Planning and conservation
• Planning and building control appeals and enforcement
• Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sport Strategy (December 2023)
• Addendum to Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy Part 7: Housing Growth Scenarios
• Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sport Strategy Assessment Report and Action Plan Annual Review (May 2026)
• Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy Assessment Report (December 2023)
• Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy Action Plan (December 2023)