Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
35,290 approved · 8,026 refused · 1,815 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Harlech Ward,GOSCOTE HOSPITAL,Goscote Lane,Bloxwich,WALSALL,WS3 1SJ. WS3 1SJ
Received Not published32 Lake Avenue,Walsall,WS5 3PA WS5 3PA
Received Not published239 Wolverhampton Road,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4AW WS3 4AW
Received Not published12 Cornflower Road,Clayhanger,Brownhills WS8 7RD
Received Not published11 Plainview Close,Streetly,WALSALL,WS9 0YY WS9 0YY
Received Not publishedShop Unit 3,Shopping Centre,Clayhanger Lane,Walsall,WS8 7DT
Received Not published9 Valleyside,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4LL WS3 4LL
Received Not published6 Beacon Road,Walsall,WS5 3LF WS5 3LF
Received Not published213 Foley Road West,Sutton Coldfield,WEST MIDLANDS,B74 3NX B74 3NX
Received Not published478 Sutton Road,Walsall,WS5 3AZ WS5 3AZ
Received Not published4 Knoll Croft,Walsall,WS9 8LR WS9 8LR
Received Not published63 Wolverhampton Road,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4AA
Received Not published71 Lazy Hill Road,Aldridge,WALSALL,WS9 8RS WS9 8RS
Received Not published27 Victoria Road,Pelsall,Walsall,WS3 4BH WS3 4BH
Received Not published328 Skip Lane,Walsall,WS5 3RA WS5 3RA
Received Not published174 Lichfield Road,Brownhills,WALSALL WS8 6JB
Received Not published174 Lichfield Road,Brownhills,WALSALL
Received Not published24-26 High Street,Brownhills,WALSALL
Received Not published36 Mill Lane,Walsall,WS4 2BH
Received Not publishedWagon Automotive,Pelsall Road,Brownhills,WALSALL
Received Not published100 Lichfield Road,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4HH
Received Not published46 Walsall Wood Road,Walsall,WS9 8QT
Received Not published53 Gillity Avenue,Walsall,WS5 3PP
Received Not publishedGoscote Resource Centre,Middle Crescent,Walsall,WS1 1SF WS3 1SF
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
Set up an area alertStart 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage