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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
35,284 approved · 8,025 refused · 1,814 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1,Ravenscourt,Walsall
Received Not publishedMcDonald's Restaurant,Lichfield Road,Rushall,WALSALL,WS4 1EA
Received Not published37 Chester Road,Streetly,SUTTON COLDFIELD,W MIDLA,B74 2HP
Received Not publishedAnchor Meadow,Aldridge By-Pass,Aldridge
Received Not published57 Pelsall Road,Brownhills,WALSALL,WS8 7DL
Received Not published34 Shortlands Lane,Walsall,WS3 4AG
Received Not published145 Castle Hill Road,Walsall
Received Not published62 Lichfield Road,Sandhills,WALSALL,WS9 9PE WS9 9PE
Received Not publishedShop Unit 3,Co-Op Convenience Store,Clayhanger Lane,Brownhills,Walsall.
Received Not published114 Longwood Road,Walsall,WS9 0TD
Received Not publishedNational Cycle Route,Disused Railway Line,(Engine Lane to Apex Road),Brownhills,West Midlands
Received Not publishedDisused Rail Line,Between Goscote Sewage Works and Station Road,Pelsall,Walsall
Received Not publishedBlack Path,Path between Chester Road North &,Watling Street,Brownhills,Walsall
Received Not published1. Land off The Parade,Brownhills,2. Land r/o Goscote Lodge Crescent,Walsall,3. Land off Mill Lane,Walsall.
Received Not published12 Ringwood Avenue,Walsall,WS9 0HZ WS9 0HZ
Received Not publishedOLD HORNS,Queslett Road,Birmingham,B43 7EQ
Received Not publishedR/o 25 High Street with access from Beechtree Road,Walsall
Received Not published33 Hollyoak Road,Streetly,Sutton Coldfield
Received Not published9 Keswick Grove,Sutton Coldfield,WEST MIDLANDS,B74 3LA B74 3LA
Received Not published54 Broadstone Avenue,Leamore,N. of Harden Road
Received Not published55 Mellish Road,Walsall,WS4 2DG
Received Not published27 Middleton Road & r/o 25,27,31,Middleton Road,Sutton Coldfield,W MIDLANDS
Received Not published15 Northgate,Aldridge,WALSALL
Received Not publishedFormer Binks Sames Ltd,Pelsall Road,Brownhills,WALSALL
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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