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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.
15,380 approved · 3,286 refused · 854 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5, COMPTON DRIVE, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2DA
Received Not published45, CHESTER ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2HH
Received Not published7 , Daffodil Place, Walsall, WS5 3DX
Received Not published7, CHARLOTTE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 2BD
Received Not published50, SKIP LANE, WALSALL, WS5 3LP
Received Not publishedLAND OUTSIDE, ANCHOR HOUSE, 4, BRIDGEMAN STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9NW
Received Not publishedIBSTOCK BRICK LTD, ATLAS FACTORY, STUBBERS GREEN ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8BL
Received Not published35, FOLEY ROAD EAST, WALSALL, B74 3HP
Received Not publishedLAND REAR OF 84 TO 88, ASHTREE ROAD, PELSALL, WALSALL
Received Not published61 DARLASTON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 9RD
Received Not published10, DALE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 4AH
Received Not published15, TENBURY CLOSE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8LH
Received Not published98, Hall Lane, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9AP
Received Not published66, HALL LANE, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9AP
Received Not publishedPELSALL CRICKET AND SPORTS CLUB, WALSALL ROAD, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS3 4BP
Received Not published66, VALLEY ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2JF
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT, 11 SPRINGFIELDS, RUSHALL, WALSALL
Received Not published46, PARK ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3JU
Received Not publishedPELSALL WINDOWS AND GLASS, ROLLINGMILL STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9EQ
Received Not publishedPADDOCK LAND OFF, BACK LANE, ALDRIDGE
Received Not publishedINDIGO PRODUCTS LTD, BRICKYARD ROAD, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8SR
Received Not published68 , Thornhill Road, Streetly, B74 3EW
Received Not publishedARISTOCATS LUXURY CATTERY, MEEKES FARM, PELSALL LANE, RUSHALL, WALSALL, WS4 1NE
Received Not published13, BUCHANAN ROAD, WALSALL, WS4 2EW
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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