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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.
14,564 approved · 3,160 refused · 828 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Lichfield Road, Walsall, WS9 9PE
Received Not publishedLAND OFF YIELDFIELDS HALL FARM,STAFFORD ROAD,BLOXWICH,WALSALL,WEST MIDLANDS,WS3 3PJ
Received Not publishedALREWYCH COURT, 220, NORTHGATE, ALDRIDGE, WS9 8AF
Received Not published24, DOE BANK LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7UE
Received Not published82, NETHER HALL AVENUE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7ET
Received Not published82, NETHER HALL AVENUE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7ET
Received Not published230, INGRAM ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 1LU
Received Not published22, BASSETT STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PZ
Received Not published316, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3NE
Received Not publishedJUBILEE HOUSE, BLOXWICH LANE, WALSALL, WS2 7JL
Received Not published79, NORTH STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8AU
Received Not published15, ROSAMOND STREET, WALSALL, WS1 4LB
Received Not published8 , Deepmore Avenue, Walsall, WS2 8SG
Received Not publishedGOSCOTE HOUSE, GOSCOTE LANE, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 1SJ
Received Not published53, CHARLEMONT ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3NQ
Received Not publishedWILLENHALL HEALTH CENTRE, WILLENHALL HEALT, FIELD STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2NY
Received Not published22, MALVERN DRIVE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8LL
Received Not published42, SLANEY ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 9AF
Received Not published44, PARK ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3JU
Received Not published27, GAINSBOROUGH CRESCENT, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7LB
Received Not published106, FIELD LANE, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS4 1DN
Received Not published66, FOLEY ROAD EAST, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3JD
Received Not published8, MYATT AVENUE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 0DR
Received Not publishedTELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST, BENTLEY LANE, WILLENHALL
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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