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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,414 approved · 2,582 refused · 645 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LAND ADJACENT, GRANGE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, BROADWAY NORTH, WALSALL, WS1 2QB
Received Not published40A, JESSON ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 3AS
Received Not published25, BIRKDALE ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3TR
Received Not publishedTHE PRIORY DENTAL PRACTICE, 21, PORTLAND ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8NS
Received Not publishedTHE CROWN, ANCHOR ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8PT
Received Not published26, MELLISH ROAD, WALSALL, WS4 2ED
Received Not published28, FOLEY ROAD EAST, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3JP
Received Not published23, MORLAND ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7JH
Received Not published34, ST MARYS WAY, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 0AB
Received Not published1B, WOODFIELD CLOSE, WALSALL, WS5 3LE
Received Not published28, WHITMORE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 4LL
Received Not published9, BLUE CEDAR DRIVE, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2AE
Received Not published233, STAFFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8DF
Received Not published18, BEWLEY ROAD, WILLENHALL, WV12 4TE
Received Not publishedROSEDALE CHURCH OF ENGLAND INFANT SCHOOL, STROUD AVENUE, WILLENHALL, WV12 4EG
Received Not publishedHOLY TRINITY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET, CLAYHANGER, WALSALL, WS8 7EG
Received Not published3 , The Coppice, Willenhall, WV12 5RU
Received Not published10, GRAYLING CLOSE, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8GE
Received Not published41, DELVES ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 3JX
Received Not published71, BRIDLE LANE, STREETLY, WALSALL, B74 3QE
Received Not published13, CLARENDON ROAD, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS4 1AX
Received Not published11, PORTLAND ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8NS
Received Not published14, CASTLE ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9BY
Received Not published22, LANE AVENUE, WALSALL, WS2 8SE
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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