Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council decided more than 1,100 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 20% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 69 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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15 October 2026 · Refused
FORMER GJF FABRICATIONS, LICHFIELD ROAD, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 6HR · 26/0008
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15 September 2026 · Refused
LAND NORTH OF REEDSWOOD LANE, WALSALL. · 26/0700
Figures for Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 1,100 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 20%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 69 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 11%of more than 390 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 96 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 32%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | Not held yet |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development on flood risk, with particular regard to surface water; • whether the proposed development would be capable of delivering the minimum required net gain in biodiversity; and • the…”
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“The pre-Inquiry case management conference set out 8 main issues. Due to my findings on inappropriate development in the Green Belt, it has not been necessary to cover Green Belt openness and purposes and so this main issue has been…”
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, • the effect on highway and pedestrian safety, with particular regard to the proposed visibility vehicular and pedestrian splays at the access…”
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“The main issues are: • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (The Framework) and any relevant development plan policies; • The effect of the proposed dwellings on…”
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“The main issues in this appeal are: • whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework (‘the Framework’); • if the development is inappropriate, the…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.