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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Walsall website
35,283 approved · 8,020 refused · 1,814 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Croft Street,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS,WV13 2NU WV132NU
Received Not published1 Freer Street and Warehouse to the rear of 1 Freer Street,Walsall,WS1 1QD WS1 1QD
Received Not publishedPark Street,and Stafford Street,Walsall
Received Not publishedOpposite no. 15,Bradford Street,Walsall
Received Not publishedAdj entrance to Townend House,o/s,entrance & exit of Walcat Car Park on St. Pauls Street and adj Hearnshaws Carpets & o/s Kut Price on Stafford Street,Walsall.
Received Not publishedOn Pavement outside,7 Bridge Street & 16 Bridge Street,Walsall
Received Not publishedPark Street,Walsall
Received Not publishedSite A,Hadley Road,Walsall
Received Not publishedUnit 10,Broadwalk Retail Park,Bescot Crescent,Walsall
Received Not publishedBrankbrook,Bescot Crescent,Walsall
Received Not published25-29 Leicester Street,Walsall,WS1 1PT
Received Not publishedLand r/o Servis (U.K) Ltd Car Park,Darlaston Road,Wednesbury,West Midlands.
Received Not published8 Gorway Road,Walsall,WS1 3BB
Received Not published5 Reedly Road,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS,WV12 5DH
Received Not published17 Kestrel Grove,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS,WV12 5HQ WV125HQ
Received Not published2-3 Ablewell Street,Walsall.
Received Not published18 Wolverhampton Street,Wednesbury,WEST MIDLANDS,WS10 8UQ WS108UQ
Received Not published5 Gorway Close,Walsall,WS1 3JG WS1 3JG
Received Not publishedalbion saddlery,55-57 Caldmore Road,Walsall
Received Not published157 Sneyd Lane,Essington,WOLVERHAMPTON,WV11 2DX
Received Not published61 Old Park Road,Wednesbury,WEST MIDLANDS,WS10 9JG WS109JG
Received Not published125 Broadway,Walsall,WS1 3HB WS1 3HB
Received Not published3 Bryan Road,Walsall,WS2 9DW WS2 9DW
Received Not publishedWard Street Service Station,Ward Street,Walsall WS1 2AH
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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