Here are the biggest local planning stories from the past week.

Appeal won

The planning inspectorate has overruled another Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) decision in the latest lost appeal for the authority.

As the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has been reporting the authority has seen a number of lost appeals this year.

The latest saga was over windows at an extended Edwardian period house in Ashleigh Road, Solihull.

Abbeyfield House saw extensions in the 1980s and links to the period house in 2011.

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Villlage win

Villagers applauded as Solihull planners turned down a scheme to build more than 100 homes on green belt land in Hampton in Arden.

But they now face an anxious wait to see if applicant Cityheart will appeal the decision to the government inspectorate.

Residents spilled out to the street from the waiting area at the Civic Suite ahead of the planning committee meeting held on November 4.

When it got underway officers told the committee they had judged the land to be grey belt – green belt suitable for development – and were recommending the scheme be approved.

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Development moves forward

Senior councillors are set to consider the next stage for the major multi-billion pound Arden Cross development next week.

The huge regeneration of the 340-acre Arden Cross site, located just over a mile east of Birmingham Airport – has been in the pipeline for years with £3.2 billion expected to be ploughed into the area.

The site is located next to the new HS2 Interchange Station and also near the NEC campus and Birmingham International railway station.

The plan is for the site to be mixed use with thousands of homes and a new state-of-the-art 'HealthTech' Campus built on the land.

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