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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35,290 approved · 8,026 refused · 1,815 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Texaco Petrol Filling Station,Queslett Road East,Sutton Coldfield,W EST MIDLANDS
Received Not published211 Little Aston Road,Aldridge,Walsall WS9 0PA
Received Not published30a,30b,32a,32b Hildicks Crescent,89a,89b,91a,91b,93b Goscote Lodge Crescent,9,11,13,15,17 Middle Crescent,1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17 (odds),4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18 (evens) Hildicks Place.
Received Not published46 Railswood Drive,Walsall,WS3 4BD WS3 4BD
Received Not published65 Lazy Hill Road,Aldridge,WALSALL,WS9 8RS WS9 8RS
Received Not published10 Leighswood Road,Walsall,WS9 8AA WS9 8AA
Received Not published8 Downfield Close,Bloxwich,Walsall,WS3 3XP WS3 3XP
Received Not publishedRear of 28-40 Churston Close,Walsall
Received Not published233 Foley Road West,Streetly,Sutton Coldfield,WEST MIDLANDS,B74 3NU B74 3NU
Received Not publishedRed Rooster Industrial Park,Westgate,Aldridge,WALSALL WS9 8EX
Received Not published74 Fordbrook Lane,Walsall,WS3 4BN WS3 4BN
Received Not published18 Manor Road,Streetly,SUTTON COLDFIELD,WEST MI,B74 3NG B74 3NG
Received Not published23 Millcroft Road,Sutton Coldfield,WEST MIDLANDS,B74 2EE B74 2EE
Received Not published24 Tynings Lane,Aldridge WS9 0AS
Received Not published30 Stafford Close,Walsall,WS3 3NW WS3 3NW
Received Not publishedTHE LONGHORN,Sutton Road,Walsall,WS5 3AR WS5 3AR
Received Not publishedTHE LONGHORN,Sutton Road,Walsall,WS5 3AR WS5 3AR
Received Not publishedOnyx UK Ltd,Empire Works,Stubbers Green Road,Walsall,WS8 7BB
Received Not published15 Athlone Road,Walsall,WS5 3QU WS5 3QU
Received Not published15 Woodfield Close,Walsall,WS5 3LE WS5 3LE
Received Not published1 Haywards Close,Pelsall WS3 4LP
Received Not published90 Friezland Lane,Walsall,WS8 7DA WS8 7DA
Received Not published191 Wolverhampton Road,Pelsall,WALSALL,WS3 4AW WS3 4AW
Received Not publishedWoodleigh,Streetly Wood,Streetly,Sutton Coldfield,B74 3DQ B74 3DQ
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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