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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.
20,153 approved · 4,731 refused · 1,062 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND JUNCTION OF BIRMINGHAM STREET AND OLD PARK ROAD, DARLASTON,WALSALL
Received Not publishedHEATHS FRESH PRODUCE, 20A, THE VICTORIAN ARCADE, THE ARCADE, WALSALL, WS1 1RE
Received Not published24, REDLANDS WAY, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3ET
Received Not published144, LICHFIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3BJ
Received Not published12, PORTLAND AVENUE, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8NX
Received Not publishedOUTSIDE OF 28, YORK AVENUE, WILLENHALL, WV13 1JJ
Received Not published64, BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 2NH
Received Not published99 , Lydford Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3NU
Received Not published42, Burnside Gardens, Walsall, Walsall, WS5 3LB
Received Not publishedBOLTIGHT, UNIT 2, JUNCTION 10 BUSINESS PARK, BENTLEY MILL WAY, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0LE
Received Not published89, PELSALL LANE, RUSHALL, WALSALL, WS4 1NE
Received Not publishedTREES BETWEEN 43 AND 58, DELAMERE ROAD, WILLENHALL
Received Not publishedBROWNHILLS BUSINESS PARK, LINDON ROAD, BROWNHILLS.
Received Not published332, SKIP LANE, WALSALL, WS5 3RA
Received Not publishedBOUNDARY COURT GARAGE BLOCK, LANESIDE AVENUE, STREETLY
Received Not published64, DELVES GREEN ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 4LP
Received Not published1, BLACKWOOD ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3PH
Received Not published75, SALTERS ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9JD
Received Not publishedTHE SNEYD, 67, VERNON WAY, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 2LU
Received Not publishedJEROME COURT, LANGHAM GREEN, STREETLY
Received Not published64 , Buchanan Road, Walsall, Walsall, WS4 2EN
Received Not published85, NORBURY AVENUE, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS3 4NE
Received Not published46, TAME STREET EAST, WALSALL, WS1 3LA
Received Not published56, LYDFORD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3NU
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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