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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.
14,382 approved · 3,138 refused · 817 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNITS M6 TO M7, ANCHOR BROOK INDUSTRIAL PARK, LOCKSIDE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8BZ
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT UNIT 4, CROXSTALLS ROAD, BLOXWICH
Received Not published153, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7JN
Received Not published66 , Severn Road, Bloxwich, WS3 1NX
Received Not published2, SKIP LANE, WALSALL, WS5 3LL
Received Not published8, MIDDLEMORE LANE WEST, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8DR
Received Not published4, MUXLOE CLOSE, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3UD
Received Not published40, Birmingham Road, Walsall, WS1 2NH
Received Not published4, QUEENS LEA, WILLENHALL, WV12 4JA
Received Not published224, LICHFIELD ROAD, WILLENHALL, WV12 5BG
Received Not publishedLand r/o 77 to 81 Victoria Street, Willenhall, WV13 1DW
Received Not published8, THE LEASOW, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 0EF
Received Not publishedQUEENS HEAD, CHURCH STREET, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3JQ
Received Not published24, BRADFORD ROAD, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JL
Received Not published63, BESCOT STREET, WALSALL, WS1 4HY
Received Not published5, BOUNDARY ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9QZ
Received Not published10, PHILLIP ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 9DS
Received Not publishedUNITS 5 & 6 CROWN WHARF SHOPPING PARK, WOLVERHAMPTON STREET, WALSALL
Received Not published2 & 4 Ezekiel Lane, Willenhall, WV12 5QU
Received Not published60, SCARBOROUGH ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 9TS
Received Not publishedHYDESVILLE TOWER SCHOOL, 25, BROADWAY NORTH, WALSALL, WS1 2QG
Received Not published62, THORNEY ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3HZ
Received Not published54, ERDINGTON ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 0RN
Received Not published5A, NODDY PARK HOUSE, HOBS HOLE LANE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8QY
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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