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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.
22,143 approved · 5,404 refused · 1,192 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22, SUMMER LANE, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS4 1DS
Received Not published31, SKIP LANE, WALSALL, WS5 3LL
Received Not published229, CHANTREY CRESCENT, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7PG
Received Not publishedMIDLANDS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE, BRADFORD HOUSE, 27, BRADFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1PN
Received Not publishedMIDLANDS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE, BRADFORD HOUSE, 27, BRADFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1PN
Received Not publishedMIDLAND FOOD, STRINGES LANE, WILLENHALL, WV13 1LX
Received Not published25, Summer Lane, PELSALL, WALSALL, Walsall, WS4 1DS
Received Not published424, ALDRIDGE ROAD, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 2DP
Received Not published8, LITTLE CROSS STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8ET
Received Not published1-5, HATHERTON ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 1XR
Received Not published9, CHARLEMONT ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3NG
Received Not published10, DERWENT CLOSE, STREETLY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3LQ
Received Not published46, MILL LANE, WILLENHALL, WV12 4QL
Received Not published4, CONNAUGHT CLOSE, WALSALL, WS5 3PR
Received Not publishedShelfield Pentecostal Church, Lichfield Road, Shelfield, Walsall, WS4 1QA
Received Not published8, Deepmore Avenue, Walsall, WS2 8SG
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT 74 TO 76, HIGH STREET, MOXLEY
Received Not publishedRYECROFT COMMUNITY HUB, 28-40, NEW FOREST ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 1TR
Received Not published91, GAINSBOROUGH CRESCENT, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7TR
Received Not published53A, CHARLEMONT ROAD, WALSALL, WS5 3NQ
Received Not published16, STAFFORD STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 1TG
Received Not published34, GOLDSMITH ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 1DL
Received Not publishedSADDLERS ARMS, FISHLEY LANE, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3PS
Received Not published83, STAFFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 8DU
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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