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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
35,290 approved · 8,026 refused · 1,815 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
64-66 Pelsall Lane,Rushall,WS4 1NQ WS4 1NQ
Received Not published84 Salters Road,Walsall Wood,Walsall,WS9 9JB WS9 9JB
Received Not published67A Lodge Road,Walsall,WS5 3LA WS5 3LA
Received Not publishedLand at Queen Street (between Cranmer Court and Rowan Court) Walsall Wood,WALSALL
Received Not publishedPart of Aston University Grounds,Shustoke Bridge & East of Canal off Birmingham Road,Walsall WS5 3LQ
Received Not published28 Westbrook Avenue,Aldridge,WS9 0DA WS9 0DA
Received Not publishedLand r/o 59-63,Leighswood Road,Aldridge
Received Not published73 Lichfield Street,Walsall,WS4 2BY WS4 2BY
Received Not publishedThe Barn,Chapel Farm,107 Chapel Lane,Great Barr,BIRMINGHAM,B43 7BA B43 7BA
Received Not published12 Buchanan Road,Walsall,WS4 2EN WS4 2EN
Received Not publishedPlot 6,Middleton Grange,Middleton Road,Streetly,Sutton Coldfield B74 3ES
Received Not published91 Chester Road,Streetly,SUTTON COLDFIELD,W MIDLA,B74 2HH B74 2HH
Received Not publishedFormer W P Metals Site,Stubbers Green Road,Aldridge WS9 8WZ
Received Not published16 Church Road,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4QN WS3 4QN
Received Not published186 Ogley Road,Walsall,WS8 6AN WS8 6AN
Received Not published19 Somerset Road,Walsall,WS4 2DW WS4 2DW
Received Not published46 Hardwick Road,Streetly,Sutton Coldfield,WEST MIDLANDS,B74 3DJ B74 3DJ
Received Not published90 Howdles Lane,Brownhills,Walsall,WS8 7PJ WS8 7PJ
Received Not publishedGrange Cricket Ground,Sutton Road,Walsall
Received Not published77 Tong Street,Walsall WS1 2DY
Received Not published4 Pinetree Drive,Sutton Coldfield,WEST MIDLANDS,B74 3SE B74 3SE
Received Not publishedASK Motors,Bloxwich Road,Walsall
Received Not published54 Walsall Wood Road,Aldridge WS9 8QT
Received Not published90 Norman Road,Walsall,WS5 3QN WS5 3QN
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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.
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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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