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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.
14,429 approved · 3,143 refused · 822 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28, BURGH WAY, WALSALL, WS2 7RG
Received Not published8, KESWICK GROVE, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3LA
Received Not publishedTELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST, DAVIS ROAD, WILLENHALL
Received Not published17, DUCHESS ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4NW
Received Not published41, GREAVES AVENUE, WALSALL, WS5 3QG
Received Not published41, SUTTON ROAD, MOXLEY, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8SG
Received Not published28 , Nursery Road, Bloxwich, WS3 2BY
Received Not publishedBROOKES HOUSE, TANTARRA STREET, PRESTON HOUSE, TANTARRA STREET, BYWATER HOUSE, TANTARRA STREET, MILSUM HOUSE, UNION STREET, CROFT HOUSE, UNION STREET, WALSALL.
Received Not publishedASPRAY24, PARK ROAD, WILLENHALL, WALSALL, WV13 1BU
Received Not published222, THORNHILL ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2EP
Received Not published20, IRVINE ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 2EA
Received Not publishedSarwan House, 350 , Chester Road, Aldridge, WS9 9DE
Received Not publishedHOLY TRINITY CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, WILLENHALL, WV12 5PT
Received Not publishedWoodlands Academy Of Learning, Bloxwich Road North, Willenhall, WV12 5PR
Received Not publishedWAR MEMORIAL, HIGH ROAD, WILLENHALL
Received Not published67, GREAT CHARLES STREET, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 6AE
Received Not published3, GREENACRES CLOSE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 0YX
Received Not publishedPROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ADJACENT 219, LICHFIELD ROAD, WILLENHALL
Received Not published54, SHIRE RIDGE, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9RB
Received Not published17 , Garnet Avenue, Great Barr, B43 7RJ
Received Not publishedPROPOSED TELECOMMUINICATIONS EQUIPMENT ADJACENT CHURCH, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR
Received Not published7, PORTLAND AVENUE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8NX
Received Not published293, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3QA
Received Not publishedDELVES INFANT SCHOOL, BOTANY ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 4PU
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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