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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35,283 approved · 8,022 refused · 1,814 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15-19 Selborne Street,Walsall
Received Not published23 Hollybank Close,Walsall,WS3 2RZ WS3 2RZ
Received Not publishedAllied Carpets,Town Wharf Retail Park,Wolverhampton Street,Walsall
Received Not publishedUnit 14 Town Wharf Retail Park,Wolverhampton Street,Walsall.
Received Not publishedLand c/o Pinfold &,Field Close,Walsall
Received Not published28 Walton Road,Walsall,WS9 8HN WS9 8HN
Received Not published21 Braemar Close,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS. WV124RF
Received Not publishedPELSALL CRICKET & SPORTS CLUB,Walsall Road,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4BP WS3 4BP
Received Not published35 Rowland Street,Walsall,West Midlands WS2 8SU
Received Not published86/87 Queen Street,Walsall. WS2 9NT
Received Not published144A - 147A,Lichfield Street,Walsall
Received Not published7 Roundlea Close,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS,WV12 5YU WV125YU
Received Not published210 Lichfield Road,Shelfield,WALSALL,WS4 1PN WS4 1PN
Received Not publishedEclipse Works,Between 26 Wellington Place & 99 Noose Lane,Willenhall WEST MIDLANDS WV133AA
Received Not published60 Lichfield Road,Pelsall,WALSALL
Received Not publishedLand adjoining 27 Earl Street,Walsall
Received Not publishedBetween No. 1 & No. 2,Doveridge Place,Walsall. WS1 3EF
Received Not publishedThe rear of,195-197 High Street,Brownhills,WALSALL
Received Not published5 Tynings Lane,Walsall,WS9 0AS WS9 0AS
Received Not published1-3 Bilston Lane,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS
Received Not published17 Appledore Road,Walsall,WS5 3DT WS5 3DT
Received Not published1 Kensington Road,Willenhall,WEST MIDLANDS. WV125SY
Received Not publishedThe Fairlawns at Aldridge,Little Aston Road,Aldridge,Walsall
Received Not published35 Sandymount Road,Walsall. WS1 3AR
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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