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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.
12,562 approved · 2,747 refused · 703 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2, BRIDLE LANE, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3HB
Received Not publishedThe Old Irish Harp, 582 Chester Road, Aldridge, WS9 0LP
Received Not publishedThe Old Irish Harp, 582 Chester Road, Aldridge, WS9 0LP
Received Not published8, Rushall Close, WALSALL, WS4 2HQ
Received Not publishedGARAGES OFF SHANNON DRIVE, REAR OF 2-8 KENNET CLOSE, BROWNHILLS
Received Not published78 , The Parkway, Shelfield, WS4 1XB
Received Not published18, PINSON ROAD, WILLENHALL, WV13 2PL
Received Not published1-11 and 15-31, EYLAND GROVE, WALSALL, WS1 2AL AND 6, 7, 8 AND 9 LOWER RUSHALL STREET, WALSALL, WS1
Received Not published10, MIDDLETON ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3EU
Received Not published1 , Greenwood Park, Aldridge, WS9 8XQ
Received Not published20-36, THE GREEN, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 2JL
Received Not published3, LAUNCESTON CLOSE, WALSALL, WS5 3EG
Received Not publishedALDRIDGE MANOR, LITTLE ASTON ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8NJ
Received Not published31, HASKELL STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3LH
Received Not published5, GAYDON ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 0SX
Received Not published16, MILLCROFT ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2EE
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT 11, SPRINGFIELDS, RUSHALL
Received Not published18, HILL PARK, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9RD
Received Not published42, WALSALL WOOD ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8QT
Received Not published60 , Fairburn Crescent, Pelsall, WS3 4PU
Received Not published209B, HARDEN ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 1BT
Received Not published459, WEST BROMWICH ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 4PR
Received Not publishedFORMER WALSALL CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION AND FORMER STEVE'S, THE BRIDGE, WALSALL, WS1 1LR
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE REAR OF, 57, LICHFIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3LT
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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